Astrophotography

Dione and Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft in 2012 and processed by Emily Lakdawalla. Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/color composite by Emily Lakdawalla

The art of processing space mission data to create astrophotos

The Homunculus Nebula Hubble Space Telescope, 1 July 2019

Astrophotography

Gallery The top space images released in 2019

A dragon and the witch’s hat Craig McDearmid, Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland, 7 December 2018. Equipment: Sony a7S digital camera, Samyang 14mm lens, tripod

Astrophotography

Gallery Best readers' astrophotos of 2019

The final Jupiter image after further brightness and colour balance correction. Credit: Martin Lewis

Astrophoto guides

Image processing How to remove the effects of twilight from your planetary astrophotos

How to take nightscape photography. Credit: Serge Brunier, TWAN

Astrophoto guides

How to take nightscape photographs

Neil Allen, Norwich. Equipment: iPhone 8, Sky-Watcher Equinox 80 refractor, TS Optics Herschel wedge.

Gallery Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019

A conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the moon from February 2019, taken using an iPhone 7. Credit: Jamie Carter

16 gadgets to turn your smartphone into an astrophotography camera

The final shot of M33, stacked from 13 two-minute exposures, after post-processing. Credit: Dave Eagle

Astrophoto guides

Image processing How to use DeepSkyStacker for astrophotography

Supernova remnant LMC N63A. Credit Enhanced Image by Judy Schmidt (CC BY-NC-SA) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/CXC/SAO & NASA/STScI.)

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky The remains of an exploded star appear in X-ray

Galaxy IC 4653. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario (CEA, Durham University)

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Newborn stars glow in a galaxy 80 million lightyears from Earth

Jupiter's stormy atmosphere captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft. Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill.

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Jupiter's stormy atmosphere captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft

NASA captures a Halloween Sun. Credit NASA/SDO

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky NASA captures a Halloween Sun

Jack-o’-Lantern Nebula This nebula features powerful outflows of radiation and particles from a star 15-20 times more massive than our Sun. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Spitzer spots a spooky jack-o-lantern nebula

Galaxy merger Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424). Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Hubble spies a ghostly galactic collision

Cosmic drag creates a jellyfish galaxy. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), P. Jachym (Czech Academy of Sciences) et al.

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Cosmic drag creates a jellyfish galaxy