Ever since I moved to New Mexico (actually ever since I found out I was going to move to New Mexico), I knew I wanted to take advantage of the dark desert skies by buying a telescope, but it took me two and a half years to actually get around to doing net. Nevertheless, in December 2001, I purchased an Orion SkyView Deluxe 6" telescope, a six-inch aperture Newtonian reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount. I started playing around with it and very quickly discovered that my real interest lay, not in simply looking through the telescope, but in capturing images of what I could see. I started out using film, quickly shifted over to webcams, and now use both for different kinds of imaging.

What are you interested in?

Telescopes and Accessories

Cameras

(includes detailed descriptions of the long exposure modification for some kinds of webcams)

Software and Techniques

Images