Astrophotography

This mind-expanding assortment of images affirm the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year as the world’s top astrophotography competition.

In its 11th year the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year is one of the world’s most impressive astrophotography competitions. This year’s shortlist highlights a variety of entries including an incredible nebulae shot reminiscent of the Eye of Mordor, and a series of gorgeous skyscapes.

The winners of the incredible Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards have been revealed showing off spectacular work from the world’s best astrophotographers. The top prize was given to Brad Goldpaint for his sublime shot of a lone photographer capturing the Milky Way in Moab, Utah.

Running since 2009, the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year is one of the world’s most exciting astrophotography competitions with a grand prize of £10,000. Ahead of the winners announced in October the shortlisted photographs deliver a spectacularly mind-bending array of images.

The David Malin Awards is an astrophotography competition based in Australia celebrating the greatest astronomical photos from the last twelve months. This year’s overall winner was a magnificent image from Luke Tscharke showing the Milky Way rising over a lake at night in southern Tasmania.

PrimaLuceLab has turned its hand to helping the Nikon D5500 cut down noise. The cooling unit attached to the DSLR body may ruin its portability, but the Italian company says it allows astrophotographers to take images of a quality​ to rival cooled CCD cameras without sacrificing ease of use.

Astronomy researchers have created a specialized camera for hunting small, Earth-like exoplanets that can be millions of times fainter than the star which they orbit, and are often lost in its glare

The Nikon D810A is an astrophotography-focused version of the firm's 36.3-megapixel D810 full frame DSLR. The new camera uses a modified infrared cut filter for the hydrogen alpha wavelength to help users better capture the cosmos in high resolution images.

SBIG introduces its new STT-8300M cooled CCD camera for amateur astronomers.

Innovations Foresight has introduced an on-axis guiding accessory for astrophotography that uses a cold mirror to separate a visible image from a near-infrared image for guiding.

Approval has been given for the next phase of development on what will be the world's largest digital camera, for use in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

Canon has unveiled a long awaited update to 2005's EOS 20Da digital SLR camera, the new 60Da has been specially optimized for astrophotography.