Mary McIntyre

Mary McIntyre is an outreach astronomer and teacher of astrophotography based in Oxfordshire, UK.

Recent articles by Mary McIntyre

Eratosthenes crater Mainak Chakraborty, Baruipur, Kolkata, India, 4 October 2021 Equipment: ZWO ASI290MM camera, Explore Scientific 10-inch Truss Dobsonian

How to measure craters on the Moon

Complete our science project to make a 3D model showing the nearest stars to the Solar System. Credit: Mary McIntyre

Make a 3D model of our nearest stars

How to make a scale model of the Solar System

DIY Astronomy Make a Solar System model

How to make a model of the Milky Way Galaxy for a school or home science project. Credit: Mary McIntyre

DIY Astronomy Make a Milky Way model

Prevent your camera lens from fogging up by making your own dew heater. Credit: Mary McIntyre.

DIY Astronomy Make a camera lens dew heater

Create a model solar and lunar eclipse for a school science project. Credit: Mary McIntrye

How to make an eclipse model

How to make a mobile Solar System for a child's bedroom. Step 7

Make a Solar System mobile for kids

How make a model of a comet. Credit: Mary McIntyre

DIY Astronomy Make a model of a comet

Raspberry pi meteor detector. Credit: Mary McIntyre

Set up a Raspberry Pi meteor detector

Kemble's Cascade asterism in Camelopardalis. Credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images

An astronomer’s tour of autumn and winter targets

A Venus Moon captured on 26 February 2014. Credit: Mary McIntyre

20 night-sky objects to observe in 2020

The final edited image of the solar prominence is altogether cleaner, sharper and shows more fine detail. Credit: Mary McIntyre

Astrophotography guides

Image processing Use Focus Magic to sharpen your images of the Sun

A section of Mary's Milky Way mosaic. Credit: Mary McIntyre

Astrophotography guides

Astrophotography guide Create a Milky Way mosaic

Left: Mary's starting image of the Moon, taken with a Canon EOS 1100D DSLR through an 8-inch Ritchey-Chrétien with focal-reducer. Right: Mary's final edited shot, showing much greater distinction between the lunar highlands and maria. Credit: Mary McIntyre.

Astrophotography guides

Remove noise from your astrophotos of the Moon

How to tweak your star trail images

Astrophotography

How to fine tune star trail images