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Astrophotography for beginners and beyond
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items A fascinating genre of photography that's easy to try but also easy to fall into the rabbit hole of wanting more gear to capture the beauty of outer space. You have been warned!
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Advice
Tutorials and articles to get you started and learn more
General info about how to get started with astrophotography
Astrophotography for beginners: How to shoot the night sky
If you want to get started with a limited budget, here’s an option for a basic star tracker.
OpenAstroTech - Front Page
The Milky way is one of the easiest astronomical objects to get started with. Anyone with a camera has to try it.
How to Photograph the Milky Way: 15 Essential Tips
Software
Mobile apps and software that helps me prepare for astro trips
Stellarium is my absolute favourite software for planning my astro trips. It’s available for free for PC, Mac and Linux, and for a small fee, you can get it on Android and iOS.
Stellarium Web Online Star Map
My favourite software to do stacking. It's highly recommended to take dark frames if your camera sensor is prone to noise at the settings you used.
Release DeepSkyStacker 5.1.9 · deepskystacker/DSS
The best source for information on eclipses - when they take place, what coverage in percentage, detailed animations on how the eclipse progresses and much more.
Solar and Lunar Eclipses in the coming years
Products
Good products worth considering - telescopes, mounts and accessories
A good intermediate telescope for your astrophotography journey
William Optics RedCat 51 Gen 3 APO f/4.9 Refracting Telescope with WIFD
A very good refractor helping you reach deeper into space (Affiliate link #ad)
Explore Scientific AR102 102mm f/6.5 Achromatic Refractor Telescope (OTA)
An apochromatic triplet with a long focal length to reach even closer to the deep sky objects (Affiliate link #ad)
Sky-Watcher Evostar 150DX ED APO 150mm f/8 Refractor (OTA Only)
A reliable and sturdy equatorial mount to track the night sky
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 Alt-Az / Equatorial GoTo Mount with Tripod
A sturdy equatorial mount compatible with Celestron’s auto guiders and auto alignment systems
Advanced VX Mount and Tripod
A safe way to enjoy solar eclipses without any expensive gear (Affiliate link #ad)
Celestron EclipsSmart 3-Piece Solar Eclipse Observing ...
An easy way to get started with visual observations without dealing with tracking (Affiliate link #ad)
Celestron StarSense Explorer 150mm f/5 Tabletop Dobsonian Telescope
An excellent full setup to take beautiful astrophotographs (Affiliate link #ad)
Celestron Advanced VX 9.25" SCT GoTo EQ Telescope
If you don't want to do polar alignment yourself, this fairly affordable solution lets you set up your gear and start shooting. It takes care of plate solving the sky and tracking more accurately than if you would do it yourself. (Affiliate link #ad)
Celestron StarSense AutoAlign Telescope Alignment System