Steve Richards

Recent articles by Steve Richards

Steve's finished Rosette Nebula image, a bi-colour shot produced from dark-frame calibrated hydrogen-alpha and oxygen III data. Credit: Steve Richards

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Understanding and using dark frames for astrophotography

Steve's final image of the Orion Nebula, after a master flat calibration and some additional processing to pull out detail in Photoshop. Credit: Steve Richards

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Using flat frames to calibrate your astrophotos

Longer nights mean more time at the telescope. Make sure you're prepared for the 2019/20 astronomy season. Credit: m-gucci/GettyImages

Astronomy guide Night-sky highlights, autumn-winter 2019-2020

Good preparation will help you get the most out the darker autumn and winter nights. Credit: Astrobobo/iStock/GettyImages

The astronomy season returns: how to prepare for darker nights

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Knightware Deep-Sky Planner Mobile Edition

£10.99 Price correct at time of review

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Astronomik L-RGB Type 2c Colour Filter Set

£236 Price correct at time of review

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Altair Ultraflat eyepieces review

from £65 Price correct at time of review

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Bresser Messier AR-80/640 Nano refractor review

£169 Price correct at time of review

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Omegon MiniTrack LX2 tracking mount review

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Astrophoto guides

A guide to astrophotography stacking

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Understanding optical aberrations

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The importance of eyepieces

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Omegon Panorama II eyepieces review

£199 Price correct at time of review

You need to wash your dome the old-fashioned way; hosing it down will make the inside wet. Image Credit: Steve Richards

How to clean your astronomy observatory

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Once installed, the process of recording flats is much quicker

How to make an automated flat panel and dust cap