Start reading with “Getting Into Astrophotography for Regular Photographers”
(entries are sorted by the date last changed or published)
The page shares my experience in starting with astrophotography. If you are interested in this, this page might help you to start on the right end, save some time and potentially money too.
A Photographer Perspective As a photographer you probably own some interchangeable lenses. Depending on the focal length and the optical quality of that lenses, they most probably can be used for astrophotography with a good results. In astrophotography, optical...
Compensation of the Earth Rotation Star Trackers Start Trackers have only one axis. They provide a motorized system rotating a camera holder on this axis in the opposite direction to the rotation of the Earth. In order to put this axis in the right direction, an...
If Astronomy is not your hobby, you do not need to dive in all details of this science for astrophotography. Still, a basic knowledge and understanding is almost mandatory. Astronomy is not my hobby, and I collected a list of highlights which I found important to know...
Many things you know from the daylight photography are different now! Seasonality Unlike the regular photography, the selection of your astrophotography objects is strictly driven by time and your location. On top, it is timed by the moon phases. There are some...
When you start as a beginner, steps of alignment appear pretty unusual and unclear. There is a polar alignment to align the RA axis of your start tracker or equatorial mount with the rotation axis of the Earth. If you use an equatorial mount, in most cases you need to...
Why and When a Computer-Based Control is Needed in Field When using a star tracker, you only need to do a polar alignment and setup a multi-exposure sequence to start shooting. This can be done either directly in the camera, with an intervalometer or in the app...
Making pictures of the sky objects is driven by annual seasons as objects move, or better, the Earth travels around the Sun. Your view of the sky is defined by your location. The majorty of "a must" astrophotography objects are located in the belt of Milky Way. The...
Which Path to Go and Why I own the Star-Watcher Adventurer Mini since 2017. Again and again, I thought of upgrading it, and then decided to keep it while creating a Go-To setup. In parallel, I wanted to enhance the Star-Watcher Adventurer Mini with an automated...
In regular photography, many people rely on auto-focus in most cases. The auto-focus as it is known available in DSRL and mirrorless cameras does not work in for astrophotography. Bahtinov masks have been invented in 2005 and are very popular today. I found out that...
Are you tired of shaking preview picture when you adjust the focus? Did you notice how sensitive the adjustments are and how hard it is to hit the right position? You heard of motorized focusers and were disappointed that all of them are made to work with telescope...
I spent some time to filter and to sort tons of various apps, web sites and desktop software for astrophotography. In my opinion, only the choice of messaging apps is larger 😉 Ratings are always subjective and real unbiased and good reviews take a long time. This...
This is my biased, but categorized, but not "prioritized" list of interesting information sources about astrophotography. Well, the only part which is "prioritized" are books in the first section. Books I learned for myself that astrophotography is one of those...
It will be interesting to watch the development of the regular photography gear over time. In a saturated photography market, many established photography brands are searching for attractive niche segments. Astrophotography seems to be one. The evolution of cameras in...