Astrophotography
How I captured both the crescent moon and “Earthshine” in one photograph
Apr 28, 2020
Christopher Sherman
This is something I’ve been wanting to attempt for a while but the skies have not be clear enough to do so. Iowa skies in…
NASA celebrates Hubble’s 30th birthday with this gorgeous image of starbirth
Apr 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
On 24 April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope started its journey, when the space shuttle Discovery and its five-astronaut crew took it from NASA’s Kennedy…
NASA’s new tool lets you see what Hubble captured on your birthday
Apr 13, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Hubble Space Telescope was launched in April 1990, which means that it celebrates its 30th birthday this month. To mark this anniversary, NASA has added…
Astrophotographers: The Moon, Venus and Jupiter will form a smiley face in the sky next month
Apr 2, 2020
John Aldred
UPDATE: there will be no smiley in the sky tonight. What we thought of as a smiley, will be a rare conjunction (close pairing) of…
How to shoot and stitch a Milky Way panorama in Lightroom
Mar 28, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
In this article, I will share how I shot a Milky Way panorama, and how I later stitched the images in Lightroom. But, first some…
The milky way, a medium format camera and a f/4 lens – this is how it went
Feb 20, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
For several years I have believed that shooting with a medium format camera at high iso would yield a terrible result. I have thought that…
How to double process a Milky Way image
Feb 7, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
From the middle of August, it is dark enough for night photography here in the southern parts of Norway. The milky way season lasts to…
The best wide angle lenses for astrophotography 2020
Feb 1, 2020
Derek Sturman
When it comes to Astrophotography, the lens can often times end up being more important than the camera. Good lenses allow you to get sharp…
You can now download a free 2020 astrophotography calendar
Jan 30, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Telescope manufacturer Celestron has produced a calendar you can download for free. It covers the most important celestial events in 2020. The calendar even comes…
This calendar shows the best days of the year to shoot the Milky Way in 2020
Jan 23, 2020
Dan Zafra
Milky Way photography is one of the most fascinating types of photography, but to shoot the most appealing part of our galaxy, the Milky Way…