Astrophotography
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Mobile apps and AI processing are making things a lot easier for stargazers via smart telescopes that automate complicated and fiddly processes. The latest addition to Celestron's range can also throw celestial captures onto a smart TV screen.
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It's safe to say that French smart telescope innovator Vaonis took the internet by storm last year with the launch of the book-sized Hestia. Now the company has returned to its Vespera model for a second-generation upgrade.
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Unistellar has been on a mission to make stargazing easier for amateurs for years, and has now launched its cheapest models to date. The Odyssey range packs in Nikon optics, brings autofocus, and allows for observation of nearby and distant objects.
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Space is one of the most versatile and photogenic subjects, and this year was no different. From a sunrise captured by the International Space Station to the most distant star ever observed, here are some of the best space photographs taken in 2023.
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 winners have been announced, giving us all a glimpse into the stunning natural beauty of space and making some important astronomical discoveries in the process.
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Back at CES 2023, smart telescope maker Unistellar launched a new model that could digitally remove light pollution from cities to give users a clear view of the stars. Now the company has improved on the formula with its new Deep Dark Technology.
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The annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition highlights the beauty of the night sky. The shortlist for 2023 has now been published, starring some stunning shots of the Sun, our majestic Milky Way, and awe-inspiring aurorae.
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Our gorgeous galaxy is again the focus of an astrophotography collection. Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its Milky Way Photographer of the Year gallery for 2023, including some astonishing shots of the starriest of night skies.
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The winner of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest is a shot of a rarely seen "disconnection event" when solar winds break off a part of a comet’s tail. The image is just one highlight of many in the world's most prestigious astrophotography contest.
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The Milky Way is one of the night sky’s most majestic subjects for photography, so it's the star of travel blog Capture the Atlas's annual competition. The 25 winning shots of this year’s Milky Way Photographer of the Year have now been unveiled.
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Astronomers have captured a stunning image of one of the Milky Way’s neighboring spiral galaxies. The portrait was taken using an instrument that was created to hunt down dark energy – a force that may be accelerating the expansion of the universe.
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This selection of winning shots from the 2020 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest span everything from a gorgeously impressionistic shot of colorful stratospheric clouds, to a surreal snap of a laser homing in on a distant globular cluster.
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