Photographing the night sky with cameras and telescopes
The sun undergoes an 11-year cycle of activity and as we approach a maximum, the number of storms on the solar surface which can lead to an aurora increase in both frequency and strength. The current cycle is approaching maximum and has
A different wander today. If your hobby is astronomy, as mine has been since I was ten years old, expect to wander in all sorts of directions. Why? Because astronomy touches many areas, and you can as a result acquire many other
In this post, I am carrying on from the previous post and cover the final steps needed to take your first constellation photos. The exposure table in the last post gives you a guide of what to do to avoid star trails.
In this second post on astrophotography, I’m going to look at what we can photograph and how to get started on photographing constellations and star trails. Taking Photographs We’ve talked a little so far about choice of focal lengths for camera lenses
An introduction to astrophotography Introduction This is the first detailed blog posts / article discussing astrophotography and how to get involved. Over time, I will add more posts. Note: I am not discussing solar photography here – that requires very specialist equipment.
A recent attempt at photographing a first quarter Moon.