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June 9, 2017 - The rising full moon of June, dubbed the Strawberry Moon, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, Canada. At right, the glitter path from the moon also combines on the water. This illustrates the effect of the moon brightening and becoming less red/yellow as it rises into clearer air above the horizon, with less atmospheric absorption of the short wavelengths.
How to photograph the rising full moon Harvest Moon

By Jamie Carter Last updated

Tutorial Tips for getting great pictures of the full moon in 2026

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Lunar crater
NASA discovered the “once in a century” Moon crater by comparing years of lunar photographs from two different types of cameras

By Alan Palazon Published

News The space agency analyzed millions of pixels taken by an ultra-wide-angle and mega-telephoto setup over 14 years, proving that, sometimes, one rig just isn’t enough to get the job done

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Northern Lights as seen from the ISS with a wide-angle lens showing the curvature of the earth
Excuse me while I snap the sky! NASA astronaut’s ‘Purple Haze’ photograph of aurora kissing the curvature of the Earth was taken from the ISS and is simply jaw-dropping

By Mike Harris Published

News 255 miles above Earth, from a vantage point on the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut captured an incredible green-and-purple aurora tracing Earth’s curvature

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Total solar eclipse, Vicuña, Chile, 2019
How to plan and where to go for the "eclipse of the century" – the 2027 total solar eclipse

By Jamie Carter Published

2027 ECLIPSE The complete guide to photographing "the eclipse of the century" on August 02 2027

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Galaxy wit bright star appearing in the foreground.
Webb Space Telescope photographs weird galaxy that not only looks “unusual,” but behaves oddly too

By Alan Palazon Published

News Astronomers think that Arp 263, an “irregular” galaxy located 25 million light-years from Earth, is the result of a past galactic merger, responsible for its “distorted” shape

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Milky way, Switzerland
Astrophotography in September 2026: get your camera ready for the equinox auroras and a final glimpse of the Milky Way’s core

By Jamie Carter Published

Astro Everything you need to know about what’s worth photographing in the night skies over the coming month

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A publicity still from the BBC drama Einstein and Eddington shows David Tennant as Eddington and Andy Serkis as Einstein, standing together in period suits in front of a chalkboard.
Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson took the photograph that proved Einstein right about the universe in 1919. So why does history only remember Arthur Eddington's name?

By Tom May Published

Features The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot

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Person wearing headlamp shines beam form lamp towards starry night sky.
Africa's best night-safari destinations could also be dream locations for astrophotographers

By Alan Palazon Published

News A new study ranks Africa's best destinations for seeing wildlife after dark – but its findings also reveal where photographers can escape light pollution and capture star-filled skies

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Illustration of Roman Space telescope in space.
NASA launches astronomical wide-angle lens into space – what will the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope capture, and how does it differ from James Webb and Hubble?

By Alan Palazon Published

News The observatory will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, acting as a wide-angle lens snapping vast swaths of the night sky, to help unravel mysteries of dark energy and exoplanets

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A super blue blood moon is seen behind Salesforce Tower during a partial lunar eclipse in San Francisco, California before dawn on January 31, 2018. Stargazers across large swathes of the globe -- from the streets of Los Angeles to the slopes of a smouldering Philippine volcano -- had the chance to witness a rare "super blue blood Moon" Wednesday, when Earth's shadow bathed our satellite in a coppery hue. / AFP PHOTO / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
How to photograph the spectacular 96% 'blood moon' lunar eclipse tonight, August 27-28

By Jamie Carter Last updated

Eclipse Two weeks after a total solar eclipse comes something else that deserves the attention of astrophotographers in North America, the UK, and Europe

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