Astrophotography
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…
Hubble snaps profile of a spiral galaxy from 60 million light-years away
Oct 14, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Hubble Space Telescope has given us some of the most iconic images of space. It has seen many galaxies, and it has recently snapped an…
This beginner astrophotography guide will get you shooting the stars in no time
Sep 30, 2019
John Aldred
Astrophotography is a somewhat unique genre in photography. You’re often dealing with such crazy extremes of focal length and exposure times that many of the…
Canon is releasing an astrophotography version of the EOS R mirrorless camera
Sep 19, 2019
John Aldred
Astrophotography-specific versions of cameras aren’t all that uncommon for camera companies to announce. Nikon’s done it in the past with the D810a and a few others,…
Behold the awe-inspiring winning photos of 2019 Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Sep 13, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year has just announced the winners of its 2019 competition. Just like every year, the photos are a real…
This breathtaking video of a comet was made from 400,000 Rosetta probe’s images
Sep 11, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
In 2014, Rosetta spacecraft became the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and bring us stunning images of its surface. In 2016, it made its…
These mesmerizing chart-like composites show the stages of 2019 solar eclipse
Aug 19, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
In July 2019, Photographer Dan Marker-Moore set up his gear on a remote mountaintop in Chile to capture a total solar eclipse. Using his recognizable…
Photographing sunsets and the Milky Way in in magical Tuscany
Aug 9, 2019
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Arlington, Texas, was long in the lead when it came to being this summer’s family vacation destination. However, sometime in May we arrived at that…