Astrophotography for Beginners Step 4: Shooting Deep-Sky Images
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Astrophotography for Beginners Step 4: Shooting Deep-Sky Images

Taking deep sky pictures can be daunting, luckily there is an easy process to follow to allow you to get great shots! Here is the typical process for actually taking deep-sky images in the field.

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Astrophotography for Beginners Step 3: Choosing Gear for Deep-Sky Imaging
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Astrophotography for Beginners Step 3: Choosing Gear for Deep-Sky Imaging

Using a star tracker gains you experience with the fundamentals of deep-sky imaging. Shooting the Moon gains you experience focusing and framing through your telescope. Through your sessions you’ll encounter challenges like clouds, dew, aircraft, satellites, wind, an...

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Astrophotography for Beginners - Start Here: Getting into Astrophotography Step by Step
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Astrophotography for Beginners - Start Here: Getting into Astrophotography Step by Step

Shooting the night sky has never been more popular, nor easier. The choice of equipment has also never been better, or more affordable. However, as per the advice given by Dickinson and Dyer in their book The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide, we suggest ...

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Astrophotography for Beginners Step 2: How to Shoot the Moon
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Astrophotography for Beginners Step 2: How to Shoot the Moon

Close-ups of the Moon are rewarding, and an easy way to learn to shoot through your telescope. While good results are possible with a phone camera clamped to an eyepiece (as shown below), this tutorial concentrates on using a DSLR camera body, as a step toward shooting d...

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