With Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in the night sky (and Mars’ upcoming opposition in October) many want to image these planets. Trying to get the small planetary image of onto a small imaging camera’s sensor by trying to centre it in an eyepiece, removing the eyepiece, inserting a camera, to find that planet is not…
The Andromeda Galaxy is an amazing sight to behold. It is the nearest galaxy to our own at nearly 2.5 million light years distant and has around 1 trillion stars. It can be seen as a “small smudge” with the naked eye and through binoculars it has a “squashed” elliptical appearance. With the Andromeda galaxy…
Earlier this week we sent out our latest Baader newsletter. This month we look at what you can use to clean your optics ready for the observing season to start and the useful 4-eyepiece revolving turret which makes swapping between eyepieces easier. You can read it here.
On the 13th October 2020 Mars will be at opposition meaning that the Earth lies between Mars and the Sun, and Mars will appear larger than usual meaning its a great time to observe the Red planet! Mars will be visible all night and has an altitude of approximately 40 degrees above the horizon so…