Perfect Focus with a Bahtinov Mask!
What is a Bahtinov Mask?
A Bahtinov mask is a device used to help focus telescopes but can also be used to achieve focus on any camera with a telephoto...
How to use a Star Tracker
How to use a Star Tracker: Setup and Polar Alignment
In the following video by Dark Skies with Matt Quinn, he walks us through how to set up and polar...
How to Photograph the Total Lunar Eclipse
Photos of an eclipsed Moon are very distinctive, and they can be very rewarding to capture. The next opportunity to capture one is May 26, 2021. But shooting an...
What’s new in Starry Landscape Stacker Version 1.7
Starry Landscape Stacker is a popular, Mac only, program that allows you to stack landscape images that include a starry night sky to reduce noise and enhance detail. It...
How to Earn Your Milky Way Photography Achievements & Rank Up!
We are super excited to offer Milky Way Achievement Points as a way to let others know that you are a dedicated Milky Way Photographer. We've assembled a range...
Future Proof Your Milky Way Photos
My biggest regret in my astrophotography journey is not taking more photos. I’m always looking through my old images thinking, “I wish I would have done this or that.”...
Shooting Basic Star Stacks
Now that we’ve learned about the constellation Orion and found it in our skies, we can photograph it. We’ll use some basic stacking techniques. Wait until Orion is overhead...
Know when the Milky Way Returns | Milky Way Wednesday Every Week at 7pm...
Do you know when the Milky Way Returns for your area? Will you know what it looks like when it does? How about every month of the year in...
Prepare for your LAST Milky Way Day Of 2018 | Live YouTube
The sad day is almost here! The Last Milky Way Day of the year where the Galactic Core is still visible is coming up in November and it's coming...
