Astrophotography

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.

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

NASA captures a Halloween Sun. Credit NASA/SDO

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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.

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Eye On The Sky Cosmic drag creates a jellyfish galaxy

NASA’s InSight rolls rocks on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Eye On The Sky NASA’s InSight rolls rocks on the Red Planet

Astronomers spot two newborn stars in a cosmic feeding system. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al.

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Eye On The Sky Astronomers spot two newborn stars in a cosmic feeding system

NGC 3351. Credit: ESO/R Leaman/D Gadotti/K Sandstrom/D Calzetti

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Eye On The Sky A galaxy where stars are born...and die

Spitzer spots nearby spiral galaxy M81. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Spitzer spots nearby spiral galaxy M81

An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud captured by the VISTA telescope. Credit: ESO/VMC Survey

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky New VISTA of our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud

Milky Way bubbles captured by the MeerKAT telescope. Credit: Oxford, SARAO

Astrophotography

MeerKAT spots Milky Way bubbles