Astrophotography

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…



How Joshua Cripps shot his “ring of fire” solar eclipse in a desert

Jan 16, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

In late December 2019, people in some parts of the world had the opportunity to see a total annular solar eclipse. Photographer Joshua Cripps found…



How to shoot epic astrophotography panoramas that cover the night sky

Dec 11, 2019 John Aldred

Astrophotography is great n’ all, but don’t you just sometimes feel limited? Your fast lenses aren’t wide enough and your wide lenses aren’t fast enough…



Behold the top 10 Hubble Telescope photos from 2019

Dec 3, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

What’s the first photo that comes to your mind when you think of Hubble Space Telescope? For me, it’s the Hubble Deep Field from 1995….



Google explains how Pixel phones use AI for astrophotography

Nov 29, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Ever since the first video and images leaked, we knew that the new Google Pixel 4 was capable of shooting astrophotography, even handheld. If you…



Automated star tracking astrophotography with Sky-Watcher

Nov 4, 2019 John Aldred

There are generally two types of astrophotography. There’s the kind that’s more like landscape photography, where the skies form a part of the overall scene…



Hoya announces new Starscape filter to cut through light pollution and a ProND filter kit

Nov 1, 2019 John Aldred

Hoya has today launched two new filters. Well, to be correct, one new filter and one new filter set. The single filter is the Hoya…



Mercury is passing the sun on November 11th – Here’s how to photograph it

Oct 31, 2019 Antoni Cladera

Today I’m going to show you everything you need to photograph the transit of Mercury across the Sun. It will happen very soon, on November…