There are few things more beautiful than a breathtaking landscape or nightscape—especially one that includes the Lord’s incredible Milky Way! A panorama enhances everything we love about landscapes,...
Astrophotography
Covers, November 2022
Tarantula Nebula. Photo by James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument.
Let’s Take a Hike: Cartwheel Galaxy
Cartwheel Galaxy. Photo by James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument.
End of the Trail, November 2022: Space Photos
Solar System Photography
Focus Illustrated, November 2022
An Introduction to Astrophotography—Part 3: Processing the Photos
So you’ve invested in the necessary equipment, learned how to use it, and gathered a night’s worth of photos of some deep-sky target. You’ve also shot the calibration frames that you will need. The...
An Introduction to Astrophotography: Taking the Photos
An Introduction to Astrophotography—Part 1: Equipment Choices
M81 and M82. Photo © Shaphan Shank. In my early teens, I knew almost nothing about astrophotography, except that I wanted to try it. My early dreams included using a very cheap CCD camera we had,...