Orion Astroview 6: Equipment Spotlight [Moving Prime Focus]

Posted on March 10, 2019December 15, 2019 by Kevin Francis

I moved prime focus without cutting the OTA (Optical Tube Assembly) on my Orion Astroview 6 telescope. Huh? How? No way? The first thing I did when the Canon EOS XTi DSLR camera arrived…put it on my 6 inch reflector telescope. I

Canon EOS XTi: Equipment Spotlight [DSLR Camera]

Posted on January 26, 2019December 15, 2019 by Kevin Francis

The Canon EOs XTi joins my astrophotography family. I started using my Google Pixel Really Blue to photograph night sky objects. I’ve captured the Orion Nebula, Sun, stars, planets, star clusters and the Andromeda Galaxy with my smartphone. The smartphone can capture,