I have been showing you how to process images completely online using tools like JS9-4L by the MicroObservatory, JS9 by...
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Welcome To RemoteAstrophotography.com
A blog about how to do astrophotography from anywhere using remote telescope services like MicroObservatory, Slooh.com, iTelecope.net, Telescope.Live, and even the JWST. I’m Erik Westermann, an amateur astronomer and author, and I want to help others learn how to capture and process incredible images of the night sky.
On my blog, you’ll find lots of helpful articles and tutorials that are completely free. I cover everything from how to capture images using remote services to how to process those images using tools like FITS Liberator, JS9, and Siril. I also talk about some of the paid tools out there, like PixInsight, that can help take your astrophotography to the next level.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced astrophotographer, my blog has something for everyone. So check it out and start exploring the wonders of the universe from the comfort of wherever you are.
This site is also home to my free book, Remote Astrophotography Using Slooh.com.
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Using Slooh.com’s JS9 FITS Editor To Create RGB Images
By Erik
/ November 16, 2019
A recent update at Slooh.com included a new FITS viewer that’s built right into Slooh.com, the editor is called JS9....
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How Do You Know You Have A Good Image – Interpreting The Histogram
By Erik
/ November 14, 2019
Among the great things about using a remote telescope is that you get access to great equipment at a great...
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Determining The Proximity Of The Moon To Any Target and Any Date
By Erik
/ September 30, 2019
The Moon is probably the second most important thing in the sky when you’re imaging a target. The first most...
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Investigating Your Images Using The Aladin Sky Atlas
By Erik
/ September 18, 2019
Aladin is a free, interactive sky atlas that draws data from a broad range of sources, giving you access to...
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Plate Solving Your Images – What Is It and Why You Do It
By Erik
/ September 8, 2019
Plate solving your images is a process where you find a match between the stars on your own image and...
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Selecting Objects for High SNR and Great Images
By Erik
/ September 7, 2019
The question I often get asked after someone has been imaging for a while is, "How can I select the...
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Remote Imaging Using The MicroObservatory
By Erik
/ September 2, 2019
I got started in remote observing using the MicroObservatory, which is run by NASA and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The...
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Image Processing – Part 2 – Enhancing a JS9-4L Image Using Photopea
By Erik
/ August 30, 2019
Update Nov 2019: This article was originally published in August 2019. Since then Slooh.com has made a FITS viewer called...
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Image Processing Online – Part 1 – Using JS9-4L
By Erik
/ August 28, 2019
In the introduction to this series of posts, I showed you the results of processing images using three different techniques....
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Image Processing Online – Introduction
By Erik
/ August 26, 2019
I mentioned earlier that I found a way to process images completely online, so I did not have to install...
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Processing Images Completely Online
By Erik
/ August 23, 2019
I cover image processing in the second half of my book, yet I wanted to know whether it was possible...
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Planning Ahead: Figuring Out When An Object Is In The Sky
By Erik
/ August 22, 2019
In another post I discussed Andromeda’s Parachute – a quadruple lensed quasar. From the post we found that the coordinates...
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Researching Numbered Objects
By Erik
/ August 21, 2019
Sometimes you’ll come across an object that doesn’t have a name or designation yet want to know more about it,...
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Understanding Simbad
By Erik
/ August 19, 2019
I mentioned Simbad just once in my book, Remote Astrophotography Using Slooh.com (which you can download for free here). But...
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