Astrophotography

Here’s where you’ll find articles from Sky at Night Magazine about astrophotography – from masterclasses by top astroimagers to tips on how to perfect your techniques.

Astrophotography Guides

Animation processing: how to turn your astronomy photos into animations

Animation can really help bring your astro images to life

Colour handling: how to produce full-colour planetary images

The best approach to the tricky question of planetary colour

Chasing the ISS

You too can image the International Space Station

Landscapes under the stars

Find out how award-winning Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi takes his spectacular images of the Earth and the night sky.

Written by Babak Tafreshi.

Shooting the stars

Capture the constellation of Orion the Hunter in its entirety.

Written by Pete Lawrence.

Webcam imaging

Turn a simple camera on the Solar System for stunning pictures of the planets and Moon

Hotshots Gallery

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Venus-Moon-Regulus conjunction	M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy	Wandering behind the rings of Saturn	Noctilucent Clouds	Noctilucent Clouds
Gullfoss Waterfall	Icelandic Sculpture	Reykjavik Fjord	Aurora - Renisfjara Basalt Cave Composite	Curtain Aurora, Auriga and the John Lennon Peace Laser