In the latest of our series of interviews with some of the world’s best night sky photographers, we talk to LA's Laura Krause. Read below as she outlines how she goes about shooting the stars whilst having fun the desert!   How do you plan your shots? I just started using Photopills which has been a [...]

Continuing our series of interviews with some of the world's best astrophotographers, we talk to 'Milky Way Mike' - Michael Ver Sprill. Read below as he outlines how he took this photo of the Milky Way over the Palouse Falls in Washington State, USA. Palouse Falls, Washington (Credit: Michael Ver Sprill)   How did you [...]

Continuing our series of interviews with some of the world's best astrophotographers, we talk to Italy's Leonardo Orazi and ask how he goes about photographing the stars and deep space objects. Read below as he outlines how planning and composing his stunning images. How do you plan your shots? For planning my shots I use a website [...]

In this article, we are very lucky to have astrophotographer, astronomy and geologist Connor Matherne take us through how he took one of his favorite photos - the below shot of the Milky Way taken near Wixson Mountain, Colorado. He also profiles some of his other amazing work, including some mind-blowing animations. Enjoy!   1. How did [...]

In this article, we are blessed to have photographer Talman Madsen talk us through how he took this picture below and how he goes about shooting the Milky Way from New Zealand. 1. How did you plan the shot? This photograph is a single exposure taken atop Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand's Central North Island. A friend [...]

Ken Crawford is a leading astrophotographer who has had no less than 40 NASA Astronomy Pictures Of The Day! In this interview, he takes us through how he took one of his favorite shots - this picture of the Horsehead Nebula B33: Horsehead Nebula B33 (Credit: Ken Crawford)   1. How did you plan your [...]

Ivan Slade is an Australian-based photographer who took this stunning image of the Milky Way. Credit: Ivan Slade This picture is taken at site of the Australia Telescope Compact Array in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia. Below he takes us through his process for how he planned and took the shot, what equipment he uses, [...]

Instagram is a great place to find both simple and mind-blowing images and there are some great astrophotographers sharing their work on there. This post brings together a list of some of the best amateur and professional photographers sharing the best astronomy images that you can follow on Instagram.   1. Sean Parker Sean Parker is [...]

Marcus Cote is a 20-year-old freelance photographer from the Space Coast of Florida. He shot this amazing 'Milky Way selfie' photo and has been kind enough to talk through how to shoot a Milky Way self portrait like this and to share some other photography tips. Enjoy!   1. How did you plan the shot? My main [...]

Choosing your camera and equipment Location & timing Settings & composition Post-production Learning how to photograph the Milky Way is not as hard as you might think. In fact, anybody with a basic knowledge of photography - or desire to learn - can produce stunning night sky images capturing the stars and Milky Way. [...]