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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023

Out-of-this-world discovery lands scientist trio Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023

By Hannah Rooke published

News A stunning capture of our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy takes home the £10,000 grand prize and coveted Astronomy Photographer of the Year title

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best CCD cameras for astrophotography

Best CCD cameras for astrophotography: specialist cameras for space watchers

By Damian Peach, Gemma Lavender last updated

buying guide We round up the best CCD cameras for astrophotography along with CMOS cameras for deep space shooting

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Astrophotographer Josh Dury with his camera kit on location at Glastonbury Tor

Pro camera techniques for bagging your best-ever astro photos

By Niall Hampton published

FEATURE Follow these stellar tips from astrophotographer Josh Dury and take your dark sky captures to new frontiers!

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Milky Way over the desert

Astrophotography in September 2023: what to shoot in the night sky this month

By Jamie Carter published

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month

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Star trails around Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, England, captured by astrophotographer Josh Dury

How I created a star trails composite photo at Glastonbury

By Niall Hampton published

HOW TO From importing individual frames to processing them in StarStaX, Josh Dury talks us through the process

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Astrophotographer Josh Dury on location at twilight

Astrophotographer Josh Dury shares the camera kit he can’t live without

By Niall Hampton published

PRO KIT British astrophotographer Josh Dury talks us through the camera kit he uses when shooting stars

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Perseid meteor shower at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

Astrophotography in August 2023: what to shoot in the night sky this month

By Jamie Carter published

From two full moons and the Milky Way to the year’s best meteor shower and Saturn at opposition, here’s everything that's happening in the night sky this month

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The spiral galaxy NGC 1532, also known as Haley’s Coronet, is caught in a lopsided tug of war with its smaller neighbor, the dwarf galaxy NGC 1531. The image — taken by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Dark Energy Camera mounted on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab — captures the mutual gravitational influences of a massive- and dwarf-galaxy merger.

Dark Energy Camera captures galaxy being slowly swallowed by its neighbor

By Hannah Rooke published

News Stunning shot of Hayley's Coronet and neighboring dwarf galaxy was captured by a ground-based infrared telescope

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The summer Milky Way and galactic core region over the formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, July 9, 2021, on a warm moonless night. This is a blend of 4 tracked exposures (2 to 3 minutes each) at f/2.8 for the sky and 3 untracked exposures (4 to 8 minutes) at f/5.6 for the foreground. An additional tracked exposure through a Kase/Alyn Wallace Starglow filter adds some subtle glows to the bright stars. Two of the sky exposures were shot through a Kase Natural Night filter as a test, but it didn't make a big difference over the unfiltered images. All with the Canon Ra at ISO 1600 to 3200, and on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker, and with the Canon 15-35mm RF lens. No artificial lighting was employed here. Smoke from BC forest fires spoiled the transparency and contrast in the sky. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Astrophotography in July 2023: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month

By Jamie Carter published

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023

Shortlist in £10k Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 award announced

By Hannah Rooke published

News Majestic images of distant galaxies and stunning star-studded night skies in with the chance of winning a £10,000 cash prize

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