Winter is an exciting time in astrophotography. Not only are the nights longer, but there are some of the absolute best deep sky astrophotography targets...
Category: Galaxies
While I personally enjoy the summer months for the BBQs and warm weather, it’s not the best time of year for astrophotography at my latitude due to the loss of astro dark. However, for those of...
The Best Astrophotography Galaxy Season Targets for any Telescope
For astrophotographers, Spring means the start of Galaxy season! Called as such due to the vast amount of galaxies available to image - clear skies...
It’s no secret that some astrophotography targets are easier to image (and find!) than others. Here I am going to break down my 5 favourite deep sky...
Photographing Two Galaxies M81 & M82 Bode’s and Cigar Galaxies
In the early hours of Sunday 29th March, the clocks went forward. A week before that Spring finally arrived to end what had been a very wet winter, which had caused lots of flooding here in the UK....
The Andromeda Galaxy was my first ever DSO target, which I shot with my unmodified Canon 1300D DSLR & 70-300mm lens. I had been struggling along with a cheap telephoto lens with my unmodified...
