Steve Richards

Astronomer and author

Steve Richards is a DIY astronomy expert and author of Making Every Photon Count: A Beginner’s Guide to Deep Sky Astrophotography.

Recent articles by Steve Richards

Omegon MiniTrack LX2 tracking mount review

Telescope mounts

Omegon MiniTrack LX2 tracking mount review

Left is a single-exposure, colour image. Right is the same image with 11 exposures stacked. Image Credit: Steve Richards

Astrophotography guides

A guide to astrophotography stacking

The top two images show a simulated Airy disk, appearing as a series of concentric rings. The bottom two show coma aberrations. Image Credit: Steve Richards

Optical aberrations: how to fix errors in your telescope

Omegon Panorama II eyepieces

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

Image Credit:
Steve Richards
Once installed, the process of recording flats is much quicker

How to make an automated flat panel and dust cap

Sky-Watcher Explorer-130PS telescope

Sky-Watcher Explorer-130PS telescope

£249 Price correct at time of review

Automated-obseratory-dome

How to automate your observatory

Deep Sky Planner 7 review

£56 Price correct at time of review

Telescope mounts

Vixen Polarie Star Tracker mount review

£1039 Price correct at time of review

Altair Kitakaru eyepieces review

£139 Price correct at time of review

Vixen SSW eyepiece series review

£249 Price correct at time of review

Fornax 10 LighTrack II mobile tracking mount

Telescope mounts

Fornax 10 LighTrack II mobile tracking mount review

£399.99 Price correct at time of review

QHY9S monochrome CCD camera review

QHY9S monochrome CCD camera review

£1399 Price correct at time of review

Baader Morpheus eyepiece series

Baader Morpheus eyepiece series review

£189 Price correct at time of review