A Wide-Field Astrophotography Page

Welcome to my wide-field astrophotography page! Notice that I call it "A" wide-field astrophotography page. The information is not intended to be comprehensive by any means. The emphasis here is on astrophotography with SLR film cameras and simple tracking equipment.

Other than a recent (Nov 2003) rescan of the photos to much improve their digital appearance, these pages have not been updated for a while. Most of this information dates back to 1996-7, but much of it is still useful, even if you are using a digital SLR.

• Who am I?
  More information about me and how these pages came about.
• Equipment
  Information about cameras, lenses, film, etc.
• Barndoor drives
  Includes detailed plans for building a simple barndoor drive like the ones I've used to take the photos on these pages.
• Targets
  Recommended targets for your camera, including images.
• Numbers
  Field-of-view, plate scale, relative light gathering power, etc. for different lenses.
• Astrophoto Gallery
  A more extensive portfolio of my images than given in the "Targets" link above.

All photos on these pages are copyright Brian Rachford. You may download a copy of each image for personal use. Educational use is generally fine, too, but any publication of the images requires my permission.

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File last modified: 28 October 2007