Astronomy & Astrophotography
Explore the art and science of capturing the cosmos. This category is your guide to photographing celestial wonders, from the familiar glow of the Moon to the faint light of distant galaxies. Here, you’ll find articles dedicated to every aspect of the craft, including the celestial targets themselves and the equipment and techniques used to capture them.
Waxing Gibbous Moon, October 2019 via iPhone
I didn’t realize until tonight that I had yet to try afocal astrophotography with my iPhone.
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Solar Reflections
Welcome to October. This morning showcased interesting cloud formations highlighted by reflections from the rising Sun.
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Goose Moon II – More Goose, Less Moon, Cameos, All Sequel!
A post so awesome, it deserves a sequel!
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The Shape of Things to Come – Jupiter and Saturn
This is a very exciting post, at least for me. It’s the first time on my blog that I have...
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Morning Moon and Orion, Accentuated Stars
Besides the Moon and Orion, you also can see Aldebaran in the top right.
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Do you believe in the oversized Moon?
We’ve all seen them. The grand illuminated orb above the New York evening skyline.
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The Friday the Thirteenth Harvest Moon in this Month of Sepetember in the Year 2019
Wasn’t it also a Micro-Moon?
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Imaging Jupiter – How Many Frames to Stack?
Planetary (as well as deep sky) imaging requires stacking multiple picture frames, either actual still images or the frames from...
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Another Morning Moon
These may be becoming redundant, but it was yet another great morning for capturing the daytime Moon.
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More Morning Moon
Another clear morning allowed for a Day 3 of photographing the Waning Moon.
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Paul Stephen
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