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Expedition Korčula Island (Croatia) 2016

One of the best week(s) in my life! Along with my fellow astrophotographer and a friend of mine Pavel Vabroušek we have had a wonderful week on the very late October/early November on the Korcula island. It was supported by … Celý příspěvek

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Expedition Orion Express 2014 (Tenerife)

One of the best week(s) in my life! Was shooting 6 out of 7 nights there on the island, even on the last night (had to pack at 4am as my plane was leaving at 1pm). Big thanks to my … Celý příspěvek

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QHY163M a 4/3″ mono CMOS camera – part #1

When the QHY’s competitor ZWO released first 4/3″ ASI 1600 mono camera, I was very tempted to get one immediately. I managed to sell my beloved Atik ONE with fabulous Sony IMX694 CCD chip (along with a full set of … Celý příspěvek

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Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016

My image was: shortlisted, in the group of prize winning images, not on the 3rd place in its category, but unfortunately also not the winning one. But 2nd place also counts! And I am happy for that! Even though the … Celý příspěvek

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Moravian G3-16200 CCD Camera #1

I was lucky enough to get a chance to briefly beta test a new G3-16200 CCD camera from Moravian Instruments. I’ve had the camera already for couple of months before I ever got a chance to do a first light … Celý příspěvek

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iOptron iEQ45Pro – PE measurement

First try of a new iEQ45Pro mount from iOptron. It is quite simple to measure a PE curve using PEMPro. I guess the PE is what people want to know. I wonder why it is so hard to find a … Celý příspěvek

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SW Esprit 100/550 Triplet APO Refractor – first sight

6 months ago – purchased, this month – first light . After selling my Borg 77EDII I started to miss some smaller (meaning still easily portable) refractor. I wanted 100mm of aperture and something not slower than F/4.3 like my … Celý příspěvek

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iOptron iEQ30Pro review – PART#2 – first night out

While I purchased this mount on 26th May 2015, the first light (night out) happened on 6th July 2015. What I really had to do is to read the user’s manual concerning Polar Alignment as that’s different at iOptron from … Celý příspěvek

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iOptron iEQ30Pro review – PART#1 – initial impression

This little mount caught my attention right away from its first appearance on the market some year (or two) ago. I simply love small but powerful astro-toys. But that time I was still using my old HEQ-5 SynScan from Sky-Watcher … Celý příspěvek

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CCD Cameras – Calibration Process

I would like to share this appendix chapter to my talk (All you need to know about CCD cameras) given at CEDIC 2015 here as I believe it might be useful for many beginning CCD astrophotographers. The 40 minute slot … Celý příspěvek

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