
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Fortune Favors the Prepared Astrophotographer
An unexpected total lunar eclipse surprises an amateur astrophotographer.

Astrophotographer of the Year Awards
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the 14th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.

Photographers "Capture the Dark" in Stunning Images
The International Dark-Sky Association celebrates photography's role in the fight against light pollution. Here are this year's contest winners!

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Long Focal Length Telescopes for Astrophotography
Long focal length scopes are usually discouraged for beginner deep sky astrophotography, but solar system imagers need that extra focal length reach.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Getting Started in Deep-Sky Astrophotography
Shopping for gear to get started in astrophotography? Here's some sage advice before you max out all your credit cards.

Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn: Meteorologist, Pilot, Astrophotographer
Meteorologist and pilot by day, astrophotographer by night: Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn shares her pursuit and passion for the hobby.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
How to Photograph the Northern Lights
Follow these tips to help capture auroral displays.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Astrophotography: How Long Can You Go?
While many astrophotographers follow the "rule of 500" (or 300), some experimentation can help find the right exposure time for your setup.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Beating the Heat in Astrophotography
Keeping your camera cool is an essential element to obtaining good clean images in astrophotography.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Dark Frames and Bias Frames Demystified
The road to clean, easy-to-process data begins with proper image calibration, and the first step is to take dark and bias calibration frames.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Astrophotography On The Go: When Failure Is Not An Option
Anytime you travel beyond your own backyard to do astrophotography, the whole endeavor can be lost because of one missing link in the chain. Here's what to remember.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
How Focal Ratio Affects Your Astro Images
Understand focal ratio to improve your astrophotography.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Tips for Imaging Galaxies from Your Backyard
You don't need a dark-sky location to shoot galaxies — you can capture them from your backyard with these tips.

Giorgia Hofer, Nightscape Astrophotographer
An Italian accountant, captivated by the sky since childhood, learned astrophotography to bring the heavens home with her.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
In Astrophotography, Bigger Is Not Always Better!
Don't be intimidated by astrophotography equipment — modest equipment can do great things.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
A Free Tool for Lucky Imaging
Check out this free astrophotography software package that'll make processing your lucky images — especially of the Sun and Moon — a snap.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Astro-Imaging: The Truth about Raw Data
What "comes off the camera" is remarkably different in astrophotography than most photographers expect coming from a digital camera experience.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
The Scientific Value of "Pretty Pictures"
Even processed images still contain data that's of scientific value.

Photographers “Capture the Dark” with Stunning Images of the Night
Stunning images of the night remind us why we need to protect dark skies. See the photos that won the International Dark-sky Association's contest.

Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Backyard Projects for At-home Astrophotographers
Can’t get to your favorite dark sky site? Do not despair, a great many targets and techniques are still available to the backyard imager.