Astrophotography guides

Follow our astrophotography guides for in-depth tutorials on photographing the night sky, plus image processing advice to help fine-tune your astro images.

How to use a histogram

Astrophotography guides

How to use a histogram in photography

Space Shuttle Discovery can be seen docked to the ISS (on the left) in this stereo image from 2011. Image Credit: Thierry Legault

How to take a photo of the International Space Station

The Rosette Nebula Shawn Nielsen, remotely via El Sauce Observatory, Chile, 23 February 2021. Equipment: FLI PL 16803 camera, ASA 500N reflector, ASA DDM85 mount

Astrophotography guides

Deep-sky astrophotography: a beginner’s guide

How to photograph targets close to the horizon. After processing, our final image reveals the details of M6 and M7. Credit: Paul Money

Astrophotography guides

Astrophotography guide Photograph objects close to the horizon

Partial solar eclipse in Iran Omid Qadrdan/Ahmad Riahi Dehkordi, Hengam Island, Iran, 26 December 2019 Equipment: Canon 6D Mark I DSLR

Astrophotography guides

Photograph the 10 June solar eclipse

How to use a DSLR camera. Credit: Gajus / iStock / Getty Images Plus

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Astrophotography guide How to use a DSLR camera

The Plough / Ursa Major. Credit: Christophe Lehenaff / Getty Images

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph a constellation

How to photograph the planets. Credit: JULIAN74 / Getty Images / iStock

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the planets

How to create a synthetic green channel. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

Image processing How to create a synthetic green channel

The night sky over Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. Credit: Nigel Killeen / Getty Images

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How to photograph the stars

Steve Brown's image 'Stunning Sirius' showing the different colours of the star as it twinkles through our atmosphere. Credit: Steve Brown

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Astrophotography guide Capture the changing colours of a twinkling star

Capture a motion composite astrophoto showing an object moving across the night sky. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

Create a composite astrophoto showing a night-sky object in motion

how to photograph the Moon. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the Moon

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