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Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Beating the Heat in Astrophotography
Keeping your camera cool is an essential element to obtaining good clean images in astrophotography.
Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
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.
Community Leaders: Notable Astronomers
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.
Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
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.
Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
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.
Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
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.
Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Astro Photobombs: These Things Can Ruin Your Image
Unexpected vibrations, airplanes, and satellites can ruin your exposures without you knowing it — here's what to look for.
Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Satellites, Begone! Remove Trails from Your Astrophotography
While the growing number of satellites above our heads is a concern, there are ways to mitigate their appearances in deep-sky astrophotography.
Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
An Introduction to Lucky Imaging for Astrophotography
Despite its name, luck has nothing to do with "lucky imaging." The technique is a powerful tool for crisp, clear astrophotography. Here, we take on lucky imaging of the Moon.
Peer Deep Within the Large Magellanic Cloud
A team of amateurs reveals the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galactic neighbor, in an exceedingly deep, high-resolution mosaic.
Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Astro-Imaging: Don't Throw A FITs, Man!
The FITS file is so much more than just an image format. If you're looking to get serious about deep-sky astrophotography, here's what FITS can offer you.
Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Astro-Imaging: Stretching the Truth
There's more than one way to stretch your data . . . and the truth.
Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques
Astrophotography: Bits, Bytes & Dynamic Range
Wider is better for astrophotography — understand the basics of bit depth and dynamic range for better astrophotos.
Imaging Foundations with Richard Wright
Astrophotography: Let's Get Linear
Richard Wright explains the importance of linearity — a measure of how a detector accumulates lights — in getting the most from your space images.