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.
Finding Mercury in the Sky
Would this finally be the night I see Mercury? I had been searching for Mercury on and off for seven...
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Finding the Daytime Moon
That speck towards the bottom and to the right of center was the Waning Quarter Moon this morning.
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A Winter View of the Summer Triangle
A lot of stargazing stuff happened on or around the Ides of March, and I am still getting caught up.
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Fixing a Venus Image
When I took my latest Venus pictures a few days ago, I created them by stacking video through PIPP, AutoStakkert,...
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Early Daytime Moon through Smartphone
After photographing several nights of the pre-Full Moon, now I am interested in the waning daytime phases.
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Another Attempt at Photographing Venus
With a clear sky, calm air, and moderately cold temperature, I had no excuse not to attempt a final imagining...
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Yet Another Moon via Smartphone
By midnight, I knew I had to stay up a tad longer to see the Moon in proximity to both...
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Moon through Smartphone: Compensating for Clouds
With clouds, the equation changes a bit, so I scaled the shutter all the way up to 1/50 to get...
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Searching for Uranus, with Torcularis Septentrionalis
Last weekend I went on an extreme hunt (from the safety of my driveway) to find the normally-shy seventh planet,...
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More Perspective on Capturing the Moon’s Detail with a Smartphone
The following day and at approximately the same time (in daylight), the sky was still clear. So I took another...
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Paul Stephen
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