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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Processing A Slooh.com Image For Astrophotography – Part 4
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Processing A Slooh.com Image For Astrophotography – Part 4

This is the last article in the series about processing Slooh.com PNG images. In this article you'll learn how to...
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Transit of Mercury Across the Sun – November 2019
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Transit of Mercury Across the Sun – November 2019

This image is a composite of Mercury transiting the Sun during November 11, 2019: This image is made up of...
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Processing A Slooh.com Image For Astrophotography – Part 3
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Processing A Slooh.com Image For Astrophotography – Part 3

In this article, you'll learn how to process a Slooh.com PNG images of a faint nebula by performing a nonlinear...
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Comet Neowise Using Slooh.com
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Comet Neowise Using Slooh.com

This is the famous comet Neowise, or comet C/2020 F3, using aSlooh.com telescope: This was taken using Slooh.com's Canary Three...
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Processing Slooh.com PNG Images Series

When you schedule a reservation using Slooh.com and get your images the next day, you'll find that Slooh.com generated a...
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Processing Slooh.com PNG Files for Astrophotography – Part 1
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Processing Slooh.com PNG Files for Astrophotography – Part 1

When you take an image using Slooh.com you typically get two PNG images as shown here in an observation of...
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Processing A Slooh.com Image For Astrophotography – Part 2
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Processing A Slooh.com Image For Astrophotography – Part 2

In the last part of this series, you learned the basics of processing the PNG image of the Orion Nebula...
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Assembling a Mosaic Using PixInsight
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Assembling a Mosaic Using PixInsight

A mosaic is a single large image made up of a number of smaller images. Astrophotographers use mosaics to create...
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Using Astro Mosaic for Slooh.com Telescopes

Sometimes a target is larger than the field of view of the telescope you are using. To capture such large...
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Horsehead Nebula and Region
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Horsehead Nebula and Region

This is the Horsehead Nebula, or Barnard 33, and the surrounding region: The image is dominated by the glow of...
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Remote Solar Telescope At Slooh.com

Slooh.com offers its members a number of telescopes that are online during the local night. Slooh.com does offer its members...
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Difference Between Dynamic and Automatic Background Extractor In PixInsight

PixInsight offers two powerful background modelization methods: AutomaticBackgroundExtractor (ABE) and DynamicBackgroundExctractor (DBE). Many people simply use ABE and are satisfied...
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Processing a Slooh.com Image In PixInsight Revisited

Note: This article discusses manually processing a Slooh.com image using PixInsight. Refer to this article for a detailed workflow that...
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Processing a Slooh.com Image Using PixInsight

Update: I have published a PixInsight workflow for processing Slooh.com images. The article discusses the workflow and has links to...
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Processing A Noisy Slooh.com Image Using MaxIM DL

Noisy images are a challenge to process because the image’s signal can often be close to the noise level, making...
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Processing a Noisy Slooh.com Image Using PixInsight

I took an image of Hickson Comapct Group 68 a couple of years ago. I never processed it because it...
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Correcting Column Defects Using PixInsight

A common problem in astrophotography is column defects. A column defect occurs when a column of pixels is on even...
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Fade Stars Using Photopea
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Fade Stars Using Photopea

Sometimes the stars in your image make up the majority of your image and toning them down could result in...
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Telescope Live Review
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Telescope Live Review

Telescope Live is a remote imaging service with telescopes located in Spain, Chile, and Australia. A friend made me aware...
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Insight Observatory Starbase Review

Remote Astrophotography is using online telescopes to acquire images of the night sky. Typically it is you that chooses the...
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