Astrophotography guides

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

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

Follow our tips and techniques and you too can capture the spectacle of a beautiful auroral display. Image Credit: Jamie Carter

Astrophotography guides

How do you take photographs of the aurora?

Left is a single-exposure, colour image. Right is the same image with 11 exposures stacked. Image Credit: Steve Richards

Astrophotography guides

A guide to astrophotography stacking

Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Tom Kerss. Image Credit: Tom Kerss

Astrophotography

How to photograph the night sky

Luke Hayes captured this shot of the Perseid meteor shower from the Dengie peninsula in Essex. Luke used a Canon EOS 5D DSLR camera with a Canon 8-15mm lens. Image Credit: Luke Hayes

Astrophotography

How to photograph the Perseid meteor shower

Imaging deep-sky objects, like the globular cluster M13, captures the beauty of distant space. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Astrophotography guides

Introducing deep-sky astrophotography