Astrophotography

Whether you’re an astrophotography expert or beginner, our guides and galleries will inspire and help you get the most out of imaging the night sky.

how to photograph the Moon. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the Moon

Complex regions such as the area around the crater Theophilus make excellent imaging targets. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph craters on the Moon

The top images from the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 competition will be on display at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Credit: National Maritime Museum, London

Astrophotography

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021: how to enter

Great Conjunction Kendall Castle. Credit: Stuart Atkinson

Photographs from the Great Conjunction

Arrange your lunar phase images side-by-side in day order to show the change in apparent diameter of the Moon. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to record changes in the Moon’s apparent size

A stacked image of a partial eclipse of the Moon, 10 January 2020. Credit: Dave Eagle

Astrophotography guides

How to stack DSLR images of the Moon

How to create a stunning skyscape photo. Credit: Brandon Yoshizawa.

Astrophotography guides

Skyscape photography: tips for capturing a stunning night sky

Starlight Xpress Trius Pro 694

Best CCD cameras for astrophotography 2021

How to photograph Neptune and Triton

Astrophotography guide Photograph Neptune and moon Triton

How to photograph the Orion Nebula. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

Astrophotography guide How to photograph the Orion Nebula

A DSLR can easily capture the elliptical smudge of M31, as well as satellite galaxies M32 and M110. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the Andromeda galaxy with a DSLR camera

The Watcher Nicolai Brügger, Lofoten, Norway, 9 March 2018. Category: Aurorae. Equipment: Nikon D600 camera, 15mm f/2.8 lens.

Astrophotography guides

Image processing How to create an aurora panorama

Thanks to lunar libration we can observe slightly more than half of the Moon’s surface. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Lunar libration: what it is and how to photograph it

Competition. Win the Astronomy Photographer of the Year book collection.

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Win the complete Astronomy Photographer of the Year book collection

Closed on: September 21, 2020

The Four Planets and the Moon Alice Fock Hang (Reunion), aged 11. Winner, Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Equipment: Nikon D610 camera, 35mm lens.

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Four Planets and the Moon wins Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020