Astrophotography

Guides and galleries to inspire and help you get the most out of imaging the night sky.

A Spitzer Space Telescope of a region within the Milky Way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Milky Way Project

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Spitzer Space Telescope views cosmic bubbles in infrared

Jupiter captured in radio waves. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), I. de Pater et al.; NRAO/AUI NSF, S. Dagnello

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Radio waves reveal what's beneath Jupiter's clouds

The Medusa merger. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Hubble captures two galaxies colliding

Gamma ray observation of the Moon by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope images the Moon...but not as we know it

Planetary nebula NGC 2022. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Wade

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Hubble Space Telescope images the death of a Sun-like star

Plan view Terra Cimmeria. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Mars Express orbiter reveals Red Planet's volcanic history

Spitzer Spots a Perfectly Sideways Galaxy. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Spitzer views an edge-on galaxy in infrared

Globular clusters don’t suffer so much from lunar glare; all data for this image of M56 was captured during a full Moon. Credit: Sara Wager

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Astrophotography during a full Moon

With traditional monochrome RGB imaging you have about three minutes to take videos for all three colours, which just gives time for one red image (left); the WinJupos Image Derotate facility increases that time period. The combined image on the right was made from four red videos captured over a 15-minute period and gives a much smoother and more detailed result. Credit: Martin Lewis

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Use WinJupos to derotate your planetary images

Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019.

Astrophotography

IIAPY Highlights from the 2019 awards ceremony

Controlling colour with white balance. Credit: Ian Evenden

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Controlling colour in astrophotos with white balance

Our final image. After passing the RAW file through Adobe Lightroom and adjusting highlights, shadows and saturation, the image has considerably more definition and punch. Credit: Ian Evenden

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Why should you shoot astrophotos in RAW?

Gary's final, wavelet-processed shot of the Sun possesses a great deal more detail and contrast than the starting image, shown below. Credit: Gary Palmer

Astrophoto guides

Image processing Using wavelets in RegiStax

Sagittarius A black hole. Credit: X-Ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/D.Wang et al.; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Chandra spies the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy

Plain illuminated partially covered by fog, soft lights. Credit: elleon / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Astrophoto guides

Image processing How to remove light pollution from astrophotos