if you’re a year or two into this hobby or more, hopefully you’ve kept all your old images? If not, you should start.
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Astronomy mounts need to track in a precise manner to counteract the rotation of the Earth and keep a given nebula or planet targeted in the telescope…
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You would be hard-pressed to find an astronomer anywhere in the world right now not currently aware of the naked-eye Comet in our skies since it is the first bright comet to pass over in over 20 years. What prompted me to write this post is one particular image taken of this comet and the extreme and, in my eyes, inappropriate response it received.
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Astrophotography can be a slow hobby. Everything above us works in a predictable ballet and since a lot of stellar objects are captured with long exposure there is little need to rush, but planetary phenomena can be an exception. Events like solar eclipses are just as predictable as the rise and set times of any distant nebula but timing is much more critical in a successful capture. One of the best examples of this is capturing the International Space Station crossing in front of the Sun or Moon…
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A telescope is only part of your astronomy experience, which for someone new to astronomy may be a surprise. Astronomers online have discussed the idea of “What is the best first telescope?” to death, but not much attention seems to be directed towards other necessary items to enrich your journey into exploring the night sky…
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Most astrophotographers have at one point or another been in an abusive relationship with their bank account (see also: people who build model trains). Any hobby combined with enough dedication and/or talent can eventually stress your finances, but various kinds of photography…
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The Moon is probably the second-most recognizable object in our sky (I’m declaring the Sun #1 here) and one of the easier to shoot for the beginner astrophotographer. People have looked up at the Moon for thousands of years, but only since the invention of the telescope have we been able to gaze closer in and see a scarred world full of craters, mountains, and plains…..
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I contribute to some online forums centered around sharing astrophotography. Periodically, a post on these websites will receive a comment with a request for the photographer to post an unedited image, to which the response is often “what do you mean by unedited?”…
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Solar Imaging is often forgotten in the world of astrophotography – in a hobby largely focused on the challenge of capturing dim night sky objects, we can easily forget that the brightest and most accessible object in the heavens is up literally all day…
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Though I started my journey into Astrophotography nearly 4 years ago, I never put much thought into starting a website describing what I have been photographing or learning. I always thought others had already written more than I could contribute….
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