Kyle Denny
PixInsight is an incredibly powerful tool for an astrophotographer, however, it has a huge learning curve to it. You can do things such as remove light pollution, color calibrate your images, reduce noise, and so much more...
After the discovery of Neptune, it was postulated that other planets may exist beyond its orbit. This trans-Neptunian object was dubbed “Planet X”, and beginning in 1894 the astronomer Percival Lowell began an extensive search to find Planet X...
The Andromeda Galaxy has been seen in our skies for generations. The first astronomer to formally describe the Andromeda Galaxy was the Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi. Al-Sufi wrote that the Andromeda Galaxy was a “little cloud” in the year 964...
For many, astrophotography is a life-changing hobby. Astrophotography is one of the most intimate ways we as human beings can truly engage with the beautiful universe in which we live...
Imagine yourself outside on a very cold night. You don’t want to have to spend much time outside in the cold, so you decide that you only need to get 10 minutes worth of data on a certain target. But when you’re processing, you’re disappointed to find...
From July 1969 to December 1972, NASA landed the Apollo missions on the Moon. Each mission left a flag on the lunar surface, along with the descent stage of the lunar module and other pieces of hardware. But can we see the flag on the Moon...
For many, astrophotography is a life-changing hobby. Astrophotography is one of the most intimate ways we as human beings can truly engage with the beautiful universe in which we live...
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we take a gander at the Full Moon through our telescopes! Kyle will be taking your questions on astronomy, astrophotography, and more as he shares with you views through his 6" reflector telescope...
Did you know you can control your telescope with your computer instead of a hand controller? Or that you can automate your entire astrophotography process, allowing you to sleep while your telescope is capturing those precious photons? The trick is through...
For many, astrophotography is a life-changing hobby. Astrophotography is one of the most intimate ways we as human beings can truly engage with the beautiful universe in which we live...
In the year 585 BCE, the armies of the Medes and the Lydians met one another for a battle in what is modern day Turkey...
When Galileo first turned his refractor to Saturn, he saw something he didn’t quite understand. With all of the other planets in the solar system, they appeared as round objects (or in the case of Venus and Mercury, appeared to have phases)...
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we take you on a tour of some of the brightest galaxies in the night time sky. Kyle will be taking your questions on astronomy, astrophotography, and more as he shares with you views through his...
The Constellation of Orion is without a doubt the most recognizable constellation in the night sky. If anything, it earns the title of being one of the only constellations that actually looks like what it’s supposed to represent...
Throughout history, comets have been spotted in the sky and have usually been associated with omens portending doom...