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    Astrophotography guides

    Ian's finished image is far more colourful than the Moon appears through an eyepiece. Credit: Ian Evenden
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing Colour saturating the Moon in astrophotos

    Steve's finished Rosette Nebula image, a bi-colour shot produced from dark-frame calibrated hydrogen-alpha and oxygen III data. Credit: Steve Richards
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing Understanding and using dark frames for astrophotography

    James’s final processed image shows delicate harmony between landscape and aurora. Credit: James Woodend
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing How to create balanced auroral landscapes

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    Gary’s final processed image shows rich detail on the dynamic surface of our star. Credit: Gary Palmer
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing How to colourise astrophotos of the Sun

    The smartphone you carry every day can be used to capture a range of night-sky objects. Credit: iStock
    Astrophotography guides

    Smartphone astrophotography Use your phone to capture the night sky

    Jame Percy's image of aurora, which won the Aurora category at Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015. Credit: Jamen Percy
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing How to edit aurora astrophotos

    Steve's final image of the Orion Nebula, after a master flat calibration and some additional processing to pull out detail in Photoshop. Credit: Steve Richards
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing Using flat frames to calibrate your astrophotos

    Shadows are key to lunar study; as they move, grow and fade, new aspects of familiar surface features come to the fore. Credit: Pete Lawrence
    Astrophotography guides

    Imaging for science How to photograph the Moon

    Thanks to new technology, detailed images of Neptune and Uranus are within the grasp of even amateur astronomers. Credit: iStock
    Astrophotography guides

    How to take photos of Uranus and Neptune

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    Fixing noise makes a monumental difference: on the right is the single best frame from a video of Jupiter, on the left the final edit. Credit: Martin Lewis
    Astrophotography guides

    Image processing How to remove noise from planetary images

    Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Venus imaged through Dobsonian scopes. Credit: Martin Lewis
    Astrophotography guides

    Imaging planets with a Dobsonian telescope

    This image of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, shows you the quality and detail that can be achieved with a CMOS camera. Credit Gary Palmer
    Astrophotography guides

    A guide to CMOS deep-sky astrophotography

    Taking the time to carefully compose your astro images will help you create something both scientifically interesting and artistic. YouraPechkin / Getty Images
    Astrophotography

    Colouring the cosmos: how to create artistic astrophotos

    Noctilucent clouds. Credit: Adrien Mauduit
    Astrophotography

    How to capture and process images of noctilucent clouds

    A sunset captured by Pete Lawrence. Credit: Pete Lawrence
    Astrophotography guides

    How to photograph a sunset

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