Astrophotography
How to stack Milky Way shots and composite them with your own custom foreground
Apr 30, 2019
John Aldred
Sometimes, the scene before you that you want to shoot just doesn’t line up with the sky that you want. Maybe it’s cloudy every night…
A comprehensive guide to photographing the Milky Way
Mar 11, 2019
Ross Schram von Haupt
Introduction This guide will be a walkthrough on the basics of Milky Way photography. It is best for beginners, but even intermediate and expert photographers…
This epic 81-megapixel moon photo was stacked from 50,000 images
Feb 19, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Among so many great moon photos out there, it doesn’t happen all too often anymore that one of them makes you stop scrolling and just…
This solar system photo was composited from photos shot from a photographer’s backyard
Jan 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Photographer Andrew McCarthy has recently published a breathtaking image of the Solar System. The photo is a composite made from the images he took, but…
This breathtaking colorful meteor was captured in a single photo
Jan 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Did you know that meteors can be colorful? Our eyes can’t detect the different colors of meteors, but our cameras can. Photographer Dean Rowe managed…
Astrophotography: How I shot Comet 46P from start to finish
Dec 20, 2018
Jack Fusco
If you have access to dark and clear skies, you should have a great opportunity to catch Comet 46P / Wirtanen leading up to it’s…
How To Photograph The Stars – A guide to astrophotography
Dec 11, 2018
Richard Johnston
Before we get started it’s essential to understand that astrophotography takes time and practise in order to achieve good results, so don’t get frustrated if…
The winning photos of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 contest are out of this world
Oct 24, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Winners of the 2018 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest have just been announced. This is the tenth year of the competition, and just like…
TinyMOS NANO1 is the world’s smallest astrophotography camera
Oct 17, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Three years ago, TinyMOS introduced TINY1, the world’s smallest astrophotography camera. Now they’re launching NANO1, which is three times smaller than its predecessor. With the…
This Milky Way photo was shot on a Huawei P20 Pro smartphone
Aug 9, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If someone told me fifteen years ago that smartphone cameras would be able to capture the Milky Way, I’d probably just scoff. However, smartphones have…