Astrophotography

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Galaxy cluster gravitationally lensing another, more distant galaxy cluster.
Think lens flare is bad? James Webb Telescope image captures warping light that duplicates galaxies

By Alan Palazon Published

News The newly released photo depicts a galaxy cluster warping the light emitted from more distant galactic bodies, producing what scientists have called “a cosmic house of mirrors”

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Lunar occultation of Venus.
Photographer snapped multiple 1/8000 sec exposures of Venus disappearing behind the Moon to create a “bright pearl” in the sky, winning major astrophotography award

By Alan Palazon Published

News Czech astrophotographer Petr Horalek described the rare lunar occultation of the bright planet as a “beautiful moment”

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Eagle hunter on horseback with golden eagle in Mongolia at night
Astrophotography in October 2026: last call for shots the Milky Way as we welcome longer nights and see Saturn at its best

By Jamie Carter Published

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Swirling plasma in Sun's surface.
“After several attempts, a perfect opportunity eventually arose,” says award-winning astrophotographer on his super-detailed shot of Sun’s surface

By Alan Palazon Published

News Portuguese astrophotographer Miguel Claro used a high-powered telescope and camera to capture a close-up frame of writhing plasma on the Sun’s photosphere

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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

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