Astrophotography

    This picture of Saturn was taken with a Samsung Galaxy S10
    May 1, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    The sky above us hides so much beauty we can’t see with the naked eye. But even a consumer telescope reveals a whole new perspective….

    11 essential tips to master night photography like a pro
    Apr 30, 2020 Charles Wade

    Astrophotography allows you to capture some spectacular images of the night sky, from milky way images, star trail images, and all the way up to…

    Elon Musk plans to dim the Starlink satellites to reduce light pollution in the night sky
    Apr 29, 2020 John Aldred

    SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have been controversial since before the first round of them were launched. Having recently launched more, which is going to keep happening…

    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…

    double process a Milky Way image

    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…