RemoteAstrophotography.com Your Gateway to the Cosmos!

Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wished you could capture its breathtaking beauty? Dreamed of exploring distant galaxies and nebulae from the comfort of your own home? Now you can, even without expensive equipment or travel, thanks to amazing remote telescope services like Slooh.com, iTelescope.net, Telescope Live, the MicroObservatory, and even the incredible James Webb Space Telescope!

Hi, I’m Erik Westermann, an amateur astronomer and passionate astrophotographer. I created this site to share my knowledge and help you discover the wonders of remote astrophotography using these powerful online platforms. I’ll guide you through selecting the right service for your needs, planning your observations, and processing your raw images into breathtaking works of art.

No prior experience? No problem! My step-by-step tutorials and comprehensive guides will walk you through everything you need to know, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced astrophotographer looking to explore new horizons.

Ready to start your cosmic journey? Explore my blog, download my free book: Remote Astrophotography Using Slooh.com, and unlock the secrets of the universe with me. Let’s capture the cosmos together, one click at a time!

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GraXpert: A Deep Dive into PixInsight’s Astrophotography Powerhouse

Get ready, astrophotographers! The acclaimed gradient reduction tool, GraXpert, has just gotten a major upgrade. No longer a separate application...
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C/12P Pons Brooks on April 3, 2024
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C/12P Pons Brooks on April 3, 2024

This is comet C/12P Pons-Brooks as it appeared on April 3, 2024: This is a periodic comet that makes an...
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Stunning 50% Illuminated Moon Captured with Hestia and Pixel 8 Pro, Sample Dataset Included
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Stunning 50% Illuminated Moon Captured with Hestia and Pixel 8 Pro, Sample Dataset Included

This is the moon as it appeared on April 15, 2024: In this image, the moon is at exactly 50%...
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Mineral Moon Captured using Hestia
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Mineral Moon Captured using Hestia

I have always wanted to capture a color image of the moon - I find those types of images very...
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Observation of Messier 63 Using Stellina
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Observation of Messier 63 Using Stellina

A one hour observation of Messier 63 is available for download. This article explains the contents of the ZIP file and has a link to download the data.
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Great North American Eclipse of 2024
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Great North American Eclipse of 2024

On April 8, 2024, the moon converged with the Sun in an epic eclipse visible over North America. The eclipse...
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Observation of Messier 51 Using Stellina
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Observation of Messier 51 Using Stellina

With an apparent magnitude of 8.4, Messier 51 is a popular target for amateur astronomers and can be observed with...
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New Sample Observation of the Sun Available for Download
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New Sample Observation of the Sun Available for Download

I have made a new observation of the Sun available for download in the Sample Downloads section. Here is the...
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Processing Slooh LRGB Images with Astro Pixel Processor
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Processing Slooh LRGB Images with Astro Pixel Processor

Astro Pixel Processor is a feature-rich software package that simplifies the complex task of processing astrophotography images. In this step-by-step...
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The Sun on May 22, 2022

This is the sun as it appeared on May 13, 2022. The large, dark region is sunspot AR 3008: Sunspots...
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Using NarrowbandNormalization To Enhance Your Narrowband Images
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Using NarrowbandNormalization To Enhance Your Narrowband Images

Normalization in the context of multi-channel image processing is a process where you scale an image's pixel values to fall...
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Investigating the Robin’s Egg Nebula
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Investigating the Robin’s Egg Nebula

Introducing the Robin's Egg Nebula, or NGC 1360 for the space enthusiasts. Located 1,100 light years away within our Milky...
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Processing the Sample Image of Messier 20 using Siril

This article is a companion to the article, Streamline Your Astrophotography Experience with Siril and Siril Scripts, and assumes that...
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Streamline Your Astrophotography Experience with Siril and Siril Scripts

Siril is powerful astronomical processing software used by new and veteran astrophotographers. Siril has many tools and features that make...
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Getting Started with Stellarium

Stellarium is a freely available planetarium application that is popular in the astronomy community because it provides a realistic view...
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M4-Class Solar Flare from AR3372
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M4-Class Solar Flare from AR3372

I created a new ad to run on SpaceWeather.com based on a flare that was caught on the Slooh.com Canary...
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Slooh.com Updated – Working on Updates to the Book

On July 17, 2023, Slooh.com updated the dashboard and some functionality. The updates affect the Slooh.com Handbook so I am...
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Encounter Between Mars and Messier 44
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Encounter Between Mars and Messier 44

This is Mars, passing by Messier 44 - the Beehive Cluster: The encounter between the two objects lasted for three...
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Mastering the Hubble Palette: A Step-by-Step Guide to Reducing Green Cast in Your Narrowband Astrophotography

A popular technique for creating stunning narrowband images of celestial objects is to use the Hubble Palette, which uses narrowband...
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DeepSNR for PixInsight: Enhancing Noise Reduction in Astrophotography with AI and NAFNet Technology

DeepSNR for PixInsight was released in December 2022 by Nikita Misiura, the creator of the famous StarNet++ and StarNet V2...
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