Astrophotography and Video Astronomy
How to get started with this great hobby and make your own images of the Moon, planets, stars and deepspace objects.
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How To Take A Simple Astro-Photo |
Podcast (mp3) of an interview with expert astrophotographer Jerry Lodriguss, in which he shares the basics of taking a simple but quite lovely photo of the night sky with a digital camera without a telescope. |
Beginner's Guide to Astrophotography |
Good short article by Space.com’s Joe Rao. |
Astrophotography Primer |
Sky & Telscope's Free Astrophotography Primer to photographing the planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies. |
Astrophotography’s Basics |
Four techniques for astrophotography on the Astronomy for Beginners’ website. |
Astrophotography Equipment |
This is a six part series of instructional videos on YouTube to help you get started in Astrophotography. |
Basics of Video Astronomy |
Astronomical video cameras give real-time, full-colour views of deep-sky objects with an amazingly high sensitivity that effectively triples the aperture of a small telescope, even in highly light-polluted skies. |
Nightscape photography |
Interview with Alan Dyer about the secrets of nightscape imaging. It is a combination of landscape and astrophotography. Alan is the author of the multi-media guide called "Nightscapes and Timelapses". |
Smartphone Astrophotography |
Some good advice on how to use the camera in your phone for astrophotography. |