Astrophotography

  • That’s a wrap! The March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse

    The March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse has come and gone. Here are photos (and one video) of the eclipse from several FAS members. Images Credit: Lewis Weinstock Images Credit: Joe Haberthier Seestar Images Credit: Bruce Gavett Re-stacked and enhanced Seestar Images Credit: Bruce Gavett Images Credit: Tina Kelley (Special Guest) Video Credit: Bill Rankin For…

  • Deep Sky Designations (M, NGC, IC, and more)

    Do you often wonder what all those designations for deep-sky objects mean? A few years ago, we posted an article, The Deep Sky, and included some information about the various classifications. Here is the summary below from that article. For most amateur astronomers, the definitive list of deep-sky objects was created back in the late…

  • Smart Telescope for the Holidays?

    The world of amateur astronomy is changing. In fact, there just might be a revolution going on. We might be at a watershed moment! The era of the smart telescopes has arrived. These are fully automated telescopes that connect through your smart phone or tablet. They have all the information necessary to find and observe…

  • Omega Centauri & Centaurus A

    The largest known globular cluster is Omega Centauri (NGC 5139 & C80). It is a wonderful target for amateur astronomer – if you live in the Southern Hemisphere. However, for a short time earlier this year it was visible from Winston-Salem low in the southern horizon. Two FAS members were out with their telescopes and…

  • ZWO Seestar S50/S30 Smart Telescopes

    Recently, at our April 2024 meeting, FAS member Dr. Bill Rankin gave a most interesting talk about the ZWO Seestar S50 telescope. Two days after Bill’s talk, the folks at BBC Sky at Night Magazine published a review of the Seestar S50. It is getting a lot of hype lately. So, we thought it would…

  • North Carolina Milky Way

    This was take by John Leyendecker sent at Doughton Park on 10-24-14. Nice night!

  • Astro Photos from September 2014 Club Observation

    Joe took some great pictures using the club C11 telescope Saturday night. Joe posted them to Google+ below is one of them. Joe and other club members are going to be working on the C11 and the club observatory to improve it so other members can try there hand at Astrophotography!

  • TIME magazine invites League’s Astrophotographers

    TIME magazine invites League’s Astrophotographers

  • April 2014 FAS Meeting

    Fundamentals of Digital Single Lens Reflex Astrophotography