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.
Moon and Clouds, and Trees and Sky
An aging Waning Moon means the current early evening skies are free of moonlight. So the skies should be good...
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Waning Moon and Clouds
This picture finally reveals the details of the Moon I have been looking for through the unaided iPhone camera.
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Saturn and Overcompensating
As with Jupiter, I relied on all of my past experiences for the preliminary camera settings, specifically for ISO and...
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New Jupiter Options
Another benefit, I believe, of the new camera is that I can finally process a Drizzle in Autostakkert.
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Equipment Obsession
A non-photographer taking pictures in a hobby he knows little about, and then writing about it all in a venue...
Read moreDetailsFixing Jupiter
But then I thought, what if I chose only two of the videos instead of the full three?
Read moreDetailsForgotten Mars
Mars may be gone for now, but it is not forgotten to me.
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Tracking the International Space Station, August 2019
The ISS moved very slowly “up.” I was surprised by the speed.
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Tracking the International Space Station, July 2019
Given the rise from NNW and descension into East, the best location for the camera was the worst location on...
Read moreDetailsSaturn at Opposition, July 2019
As I had not filmed Saturn since last year, I was very worried that the results would not be good.
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Paul Stephen
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