Short answer: yes—but with caveats. You can find “higher-capacity” replacements for the Sony A500’s battery, but they’re all third-party and the gains are often modest or sometimes overstated. First, the…
Short answer: No — there are no practical adapters to use Sony FE (E-mount) lenses on a Sony A99 (A-mount body). Here’s why: 🔴 Fundamental issue: mount geometry The key…
The three adapters you mention—LA-EA3, LA-EA4, and LA-EA5—all let you mount older Sony/Minolta A-mount lenses on newer E-mount mirrorless bodies, but they differ quite a lot in how autofocus is…
The current supernova in NGC 5907 is SN 2026kid (Type II), discovered in April 2026. Latest brightness (as of early–mid May 2026) Interpretation 📉 Light curve trend (so far) Observed…
Click on link to download the files for this meeting: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Chett_Mitchel_Handouts_GNU_Radio_Meeting_110526.zip
I have posted this recommendation from Doug. Although I have purchased one of these cards, I cannot personally vouch for how effective it is, now how it compares to other…
I used Hammerite silver paint – took 4 x 1 litre tins to cover all telescopes front and back (except back of mounted 150cm solar cooker dish which is sprayed).
There are a few solid ways to do this, depending on how “exact” you want the comparison to be (file-level vs full raw image comparison). For SD cards, you usually…
https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Whitham-Reeve-slides-from-BAA-VLF-meeting-April-2026Reeve_AppUKRAA_VLFRx.pdf
Untested advice from ChatGPT: The following comes from ChatGPT. I am unable to verify the content from personal experience. I have entered this advice onto this blog as part of…
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