Jamie Carter
Jamie has been writing about photography, astronomy, astro-tourism and astrophotography for over 20 years, producing content for Forbes.com, Space.com, Live Science, Techradar, T3, BBC Wildlife, Science Focus, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, BBC Sky At Night, South China Morning Post, The Guardian, The Telegraph and Travel+Leisure.
As the editor of When Is The Next Eclipse and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, he has a wealth of experience, expertise and enthusiasm for astrophotography, from capturing the Northern Lights, the moon and meteor showers to solar and lunar eclipses.
He also brings a great deal of knowledge on action cameras, 360 cameras, AI cameras, camera backpacks, telescopes, gimbals, tripods and all manner of photography equipment.
Latest articles by Jamie Carter

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Review The Vaonis Vespera II’s upgraded features help make it a hugely enjoyable and rewarding smart telescope that works well even in light pollution

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astrophotography From ‘shooting stars’ from Halley’s Comet to an occultation of a bright star by the moon, here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in the sky this month.

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Review A breakthrough product among would-be astrophotographers, the Seestar’s grab-and-go design is backed up by some intruiging images

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A 4-minute total solar eclipse will be seen from in a 120-mile-wide path through Mexico, the US & Canada on Monday

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astrophotography From comet views to a total solar eclipse, here's everything you need to know about what’s happening in the sky this month.

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astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky over the next month.

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Features The famous slot canyon in Arizona requires careful planning, quick thinking and agile equipment.

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Features The best Dark Sky Parks, the best itineraries and when to go to capture the Milky Way

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

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ces 2024 The app-controlled observatory with no eyepiece gets more resolution, a new planetary mode and a wider field of view.

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ASTRO IN 2024 If you're into (or getting into!) astrophotography, these ar the big events you MUST shoot in the coming year

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ASTRO IN JANUARY Attention, astrophotographers! Here's everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies in January

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review By being both a clip-on wearable camera and a full-on action camera, the chameleonic Insta360 GO 3 is all about unique first-person POV

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

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European astronaut Thomas Pesquet explains the challenges of taking photographs at night from the International Space Station

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Features The ultimate guide to capturing the 'great houses' and iconic petroglyphs of the Ancestral Puebloan city from the 9th to 12th centuries.

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Features The 'secret' overlook, best times and other tips for capturing the spectacular 'mittens' of Arizona's iconic red rock desert

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

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A 5-minute annular solar eclipse will be visible from Oregon to Texas. Here’s when and where to go

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

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

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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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review This 378W/21,000mAh hours portable power station is ideal for recharging batteries and laptops for off-grid shoots
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