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 a comet. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph a comet

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Buyer's guide Best telescopes for astrophotography

The final, corrected image of the Monkey Head and Jellyfish Nebulae. ‘Background Gradient’ and ‘Rounds Stars’ from Georg Hennig’s suite of astronomy plug-ins removed vignetting, flattened the background and refined the stars.

Astrophotography guides

Fix uneven backgrounds and bloated stars in astrophotos

Electric Wizardry by Shane Turgeon, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Category: Aurorae. Equipment: Canon 1DX camera, 14mm f/2.5, ISO 1000, 6-second exposure

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 opens for entries

The famous Pillars of Creation, M16, photographed using the StarGate 500 motorised Dobsonian paired with Altair GPCAM 290c, 158x 5”. Credit: Paul Money

Astrophotography guides

How to stack and derotate images with Astro Pixel Processor

Vixen Mobile Porta Altazimuth Mount. Credit: Opticron

Astrophotography guides

How to do deep-sky astrophotography with an alt-az mount

Aurora borealis, the Northern Lights. Credit: Valtteri Hirvonen

Astrophotography

Astrophotography in the dark winter of Finland

Mars close to the Moon's limb

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph next week’s lunar occultation of Mars

Albedo features on Mars. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph Mars at opposition

NGC 3132, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and processed by Warren Keller.

Astrophotography guides

How to produce your own space images using James Webb Space Telescope data

How to create a 24 hour star trails image

Astrophotography guides

How to create a 24-hour star trails image

how to photograph a lunar eclipse

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph a lunar eclipse and capture that rusty red Moon

How to photograph the 25 October solar eclipse

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the 25 October partial solar eclipse

smartphone photography gadgets

Buyer's guide Smartphone astrophoto gadgets

Spiral galaxy NGC 5495 Hubble Space Telescope, September 26 2022 Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Greene. Acknowledgement: R. Colombari

How astrophotography revolutionised our view of the Universe