I was examining all the discontent that occurs on Cloudy Nights and elsewhere when someone (beginners and veterans) wants to know what the best gain and offset settings are for their particular camera.
This post is very important, so I hope you will forgive me if I will sound to you a bit different from my usual communications and I will go straight to the point.
I have been fascinated by the night sky since I ‘discovered’ Saturn with my 60mm refractor at the age of 10. An APOD-winning astrophotographer, I have been published in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Magazine, and Space.com. As a NASA Solar System Ambassador, I have conducted thousands of public outreach programs and am a registered cruise ship speaker on astronomy and space science, as well as a Director of the Phoenix Astronomical Society. I frequently post astrophotography images, news, and tutorials on social media. My solar imaging and videos are particularly popular, and I have conducted extensive research on solar cameras and solar image processing techniques.