Kyle Denny
In 2004, NASA pointed the Hubble Space Telescope to a portion of the sky in the constellation of Ursa Major that – by all accounts – appeared completely empty of anything interesting...
In this video Kyle goes over his preferred method of adding Ha to an LRGB image in PixInsight using narrowband data collected from an Optolong L-eNhance filter. This method works for any dual bandpass filter that enables the transmission of hydrogen alpha...
There are few objects in the universe that present more mystery to us Earthlings than black holes. Until relatively recently, black holes were not thought to even exist...
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of some of the best objects you can see in the winter sky. We'll be looking at the Orion Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Rosette Nebula, Pleiades, and so much more...
Buying the right filter can completely transform your astrophotography experience. With the right filters, you can take beautiful images of nebulae from the most light-polluted backyards. But there are so many options for astrophotography filters to choose...
In this video our team member, Kyle, reviews his preferred method to create stunning images of the night sky with PixInsight. Kyle reviews three images submitted by our followers on Instagram and take you through step-by-step how to edit them...
In the year 2022, Mars will be once again returning to our night sky. Mars will reach “opposition”, or the closest approach to Earth, on December 7, 2022. This will be an exciting opportunity to observe Mars at its best and brightest...
The moons of Saturn have long fascinated astronomers. As of this article being published, Saturn has 82 known moons with the number increasing. However, generally speaking, only eight of these moons can be successfully observed by an amateur...
There are roughly 5,000 - 10,000 stars in the night sky that are visible to the naked eye. Many of these stars can be used as “pointer” stars to help lead your way to faint celestial objects. This article will serve as a general overview of some basic sta...
Variable stars have long been recorded in the night sky, ranging as far back as possibly some 3,000 years ago when the bright star, Algol, might have been noticed as dimming by the ancient Egyptians. Variable stars are stars that change in their luminosity...
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of the Geminid Meteor Shower peak on the night of December 13, 2021...
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of the partial lunar eclipse visible beginning at 2am Eastern time on November 19th...
In this video our team member, Kyle, goes over his method of capturing a lunar eclipse ahead of the November 19, 2021 partial lunar eclipse...
The Celestron StarSense Explorer is a fantastic series of newtonians and refractors produced by Celestron. These telescopes are designed mainly for beginners and are quick-and-easy to set up in under five minutes in your backyard. The StarSense DX series...
Travel telescopes? Portable telescopes? They sound exactly the same, right? Not so! A telescope that can easily be carried to your backyard might be a great portable telescope, but that same telescope might not necessarily fit into your briefcase on a...