awesome-astrophotography

A beginner friendly list of objects to photograph with a DSLR camera.

Advanced and very powerful software for post-processing.

The Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions.

Cross-platform capture software for planetary, lunar, and solar imaging.

A tools suite with various calculators, field of view simulation, star chart, etc.

Planetary stacking software using alignment points for local motion correction.

If you're interested in night photography and particularly deepscapes, this guide hits the spot with it's succinctness.

An extensive collection of video lessons covering both the fundamental and advanced use of PixInsight.

A comprehensive step-by-step guide. Includes a follow-up videos on post-processing the images in different apps.

A lightning explanation of what a histogram is.

A detailed tutorial on how to plan, execute and post-process a deepscape of the Andromeda galaxy aligned with a mountain in Southern Colorado.

Annoying and hard to fix, tilt and spacing can ruin your imaging. This guide will help you eliminate them.

An easy to understand introduction to various sources of noise in astrophotography and how to eliminate them.

An introduction to auto-guiding.

ZWO has a diverse product line. This guide will help you make the right choice.

Some solid advice on cables in an astrophotography setup.

Another interactive guide by Bartosz Ciechanowski, this time about cameras and lenses. A

Understanding color models, spaces, perception, white point, intensity matches and mismatches (and more!) is crucial for astrophotographers. Bartosz Ciechanowski explains it all in this interactive guide.

Shoot nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters with Trevor Jones.

Let's talk astronomy and astrophotography! Tutorials, technical videos, and insights by Cuiv, The Lazy Geek.

With his pleasant and down-to-earth narrative, James teaches astrophotography one pixel at a time.

Experiments, comparisons, and processing with PixInsight. Lukomatico has it all.

Tutorials and reviews related to astrophotography by Nico Carver.

Everything N.I.N.A. Complete details with examples.

Social image hosting dedicated to astrophotography.

Arguably the largest community forums.

Small but active UK community forums.

An inspiring map showing the parts of the sky that the community on Astrobin photographs the most (or least).

A list of Canon EOS models with useful reference information such as sensor and pixel size, quantum efficiency, shutter life, etc.

A database holding sensor characteristics for a plethora of digital cameras.

CloudyNights forum member Jim Thompson tests and compares a large selection of IDAS brand filters. (

A method for lighting the landscape for night-scape photography. This is its official site.

Having some understanding of statistics is essential in astrophotography. Here, noted astrophotographer and scientist John Hayes teaches the basics.

On the hidden stories in astro-images and how to tell them. A truly inspirational message from famous astrophotographer Adam Block.

How long should a sub-exposure be? How much to cool? What gain to use? Dr. Robin Glover of SharpCap talks us through the science behind deep sky astrophotography using modern CMOS imaging sensors.

In this presentation, Tim Hutchison from The Astro Imaging Channel talks about the different types of signal and noise that are present in astronomical photos. How noise impacts photography and what we can do against it.