Astrophotography

    This beautiful 8K 360° timelapse shows the Aurora Borealis during a total lunar eclipse
    Mar 15, 2018 John Aldred

    You guys remember that super blue moon eclipse a couple of months ago, right? Well, while many of us were sitting at home watching it…

    This huge NASA 2540mm f/8 mirror lens is STILL up for sale at $28,000
    Feb 20, 2018 John Aldred

    Way back in 2015, just a couple months shy of three years ago, we told you about a pretty insane lens that went up for…

    How I captured Starman in space from one million miles away
    Feb 14, 2018 Rogelio Bernal Andreo

    Whatever your spin is on the SpaceX launch of the Falcon Heavy and the stunt of Starman and the Roadster, it put on our radar…

    Sara Wager Deep Space Astrophotography

    Here are my gear and methods for shooting Deep Space: Photographer Spotlight Q&A with Astrophotographer Sara Wager
    Feb 4, 2018 JP Danko

    Next in our Photographer Spotlight series is Sara Wager. Sara is a British astrophotographer currently based in Spain. She creates fascinating photographs of Deep-Sky Objects from…

    Bring in the New Year with two supermoons, a blue moon, and a total lunar eclipse
    Jan 1, 2018 John Aldred

    It seems that some of us will have a very special January if we look up to the skies this month. We’re expecting to have…

    America declares its first International Dark Sky Reserve for astrophotographers and stargazers
    Dec 20, 2017 John Aldred

    Finding somewhere truly dark for astrophotography becomes more and more difficult with each passing day. Light pollution always seems to be increasing. Towns and cities…

    10 contenders go head-to-head to see which software is the best for processing astrophotography
    Dec 8, 2017 Alan Dyer

    To Adobe or not to Adobe. That is the question many photographers are asking with the spate of new image processing programs vying to “kill…

    Photographing the Milky Way handheld with the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Art lens
    Dec 4, 2017 John Aldred

    Only a few short years ago, the idea of handheld photographs of the Milky Way would’ve been a thing of fantasy. Now, though, thanks to…

    Sony a7R III still eats stars, new reports say
    Nov 22, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    Recently, there was a report which gave astrophotographers some hope that the Sony’s “Star Eater” issue has been resolved. Still, after some new tests, it…

    Sony resolves the “Star Eater” issue in the new a7rIII?
    Nov 18, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    If you are an astrophotographer, then you may be familiar with the so-called “Star Eater” problem of Sony a7R II. The noise reduction algorithm of…