awesome-astrophotography

An easy to understand introduction to various sources of noise in astrophotography and how to eliminate them

An introduction to auto-guiding

ZWO has a diverse product line. This guide will help you make the right choice

Some solid advice on cables in an astrophotography setup

Another interactive guide by Bartosz Ciechanowski, this time about cameras and lenses. A for anyone interested in telescopes and photography

A detailed comparison of the pre-processing features

Accurate alignment in just a matter of minutes

A great resource to help one identify and resolve flat-fielding issues

Compares the two guiding options in details

How focal reducers work, what types are there, and how to use them

Mistakes that happen during the pre-processing stages cannot be corrected anymore in post-processing. This guide from Bernd Landmann acquaints fellow astrophotographers with PixInsight's tools needed for recognising and avoiding such mistakes

An easy to follow guide on what back focus is and how to set it

This interactive guide to light by Bartosz Ciechanowski, teaches about travel vectors, irradiance, radiance, angles, luminance, and more

Successfully processing astronomical images entails a series of informed decisions. Understanding the data is crucial. This article provides a comprehensive guide to the Statistics process in PixInsight

This blog series by Willem Jan Drijfhout will take you on a deep dive into the topic of flat frames ( , and )

What makes a top-tier telescope? This article will clear up some common misconceptions

Choosing the right autoguiding equipment can be challenging. This guide will help with making the right decision

Part of Jon Rista's Astrophotography Basics series, this article provides a great bit of theory around signals, noise and histograms

The Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI mount was never meant for astrophotography. Oh, the irony!

One of the best explanations to CCD vs. CMOS camera sensors

Guidance on how to reach the 55mm back focal length with ASI cameras

If you're interested in night photography and particularly deepscapes, this guide hits the spot with it's succinctness

An extensive collection of video lessons covering both the fundamental and advanced use of PixInsight

A comprehensive step-by-step guide. Includes a follow-up videos on post-processing the images in different apps

A lightning explanation of what a histogram is

A detailed tutorial on how to plan, execute and post-process a deepscape of the Andromeda galaxy aligned with a mountain in Southern Colorado

Annoying and hard to fix, tilt and spacing can ruin your imaging. This guide will help you eliminate them

A video series that kicks off with a gentle introduction to filters and closes down comparing the most popular ones

Newcomer friendly, down-to-earth and comprehensive video tutorials

One of the more challenging issues in astrophotography. Charles Bracken, the author of "The Deep-Sky Imaging Primer", has you covered

Rig assembly on-site can be tedious. A more comfortable alternative is to assemble at home, then upon arrival at the imaging site, install on the mount

This article details a simple and effective method to separate, process, and later reintroduce stars into an image without artifacts. It also discusses how to get more naturally looking stars from a narrowband dataset

An extensive collection of tutorials covering both pre- and post-processing workflows

A complete walk-through. From planning to post-processing

Narrowband palettes such as SHO, HOO, etc. produce uncalibrated stars. One way to fix star color is to shoot also in RGB, then blend. In this article, Alberto Ibañez suggests another approach that uses the already acquired narrowband data to achieve the same

On his blog, Willem Jan Drijfhout explains how to remove color artefacts from images captured with a One-Shot-Color camera

Even though it's from year 2012, this video on stacking multiple imaging sessions is still relevant today

Having some understanding of statistics is essential in astrophotography. Here, noted astrophotographer and scientist John Hayes teaches the basics

On the hidden stories in astro-images and how to tell them. A truly inspirational message from famous astrophotographer Adam Block

How long should a sub-exposure be? How much to cool? What gain to use? Dr. Robin Glover of SharpCap talks us through the science behind deep sky astrophotography using modern CMOS imaging sensors

In this presentation, Tim Hutchison from The Astro Imaging Channel talks about the different types of signal and noise that are present in astronomical photos. How noise impacts photography and what we can do against it

The Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions

An advanced cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) observatory control and automation tool

Free and very powerful astrophotography imaging suite

Nebulosity

Open source, powerful, and easy to use astrophotography software

The classic fully automated night sky imaging

User-friendly system integration and astrophotography automation software

A free guiding software that uses novel centroid methods to reduce the impact of seeing. It also offers comprehensive collimation support than can be of great help for f/4 and faster Newtonian/SCT systems

Arguably THE guiding software. Free and open source

Advanced and very powerful software for post-processing

An AI based deconvolution tool. Currently only available as a process module plug-in for PixInsight

Registering, stacking, and simple post-processing

Advanced image processing software platform. Very powerful but the user interface is intimidating

Registering, stacking, and post-processing, specially tailored for noise reduction and improving the signal-to-noise ratio

A simple program that allows the removal of the stars from astrophotography images

Cross-platform and free sky charts

Part of the free Ekos imaging suite, this cross-platform planetarium will help you image the sky

Cross-platform and free planetarium with realistic 3D sky. It also has a

A beginner friendly list of objects to photograph with a DSLR camera

A tools suite with various calculators, field of view simulation, star chart, etc

Plan your framing

A web application that assists in finding the optimal sub-exposure time. It takes into account the imaging setup, sky glow, etc

A photography planning mobile app (Android & iOS). Best for planning your next Milky Way, Moon, Sunrise, Sunset, Star Trails, Meteor Showers, Solar or Lunar eclipse photo

Free planning and image hosting for astrophotographers

This website uses satellite data to show light pollution related content

Accurate, automated and repeatable focusing

This online tool provides insight into the capabilities of a given imaging system. It computes key values such as plate scale, stellar full-width at half-maximum (FWHM), diffraction limit and presents a graph of the system's modulation transfer function (MTF). Very useful for evaluating the performance of a telescope and camera combination

Shoot nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters with Trevor Jones

Let's talk astronomy and astrophotography! Tutorials, technical videos, and insights by Cuiv, The Lazy Geek

With his pleasant and down-to-earth narrative, James teaches astrophotography one pixel at a time

Experiments, comparisons, and processing with PixInsight. Lukomatico has it all

Tutorials and reviews related to astrophotography by Nico Carver

Everything N.I.N.A. Complete details with examples

An inspiring map showing the parts of the sky that the community on Astrobin photographs the most (or least)

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A list of Canon EOS models with useful reference information such as sensor and pixel size, quantum efficiency, shutter life, etc

A database holding sensor characteristics for a plethora of digital cameras

CloudyNights forum member Jim Thompson tests and compares a large selection of IDAS brand filters. ( )

A method for lighting the landscape for night-scape photography. This is its official site

All objects from the Messier catalogue with lots of background information and images

A list of Nikon models with useful reference information such as sensor and pixel size, quantum efficiency, shutter life, etc

This tool allows you to upload black and white source images (filtered eg. Ha, Sii, Oiii or R, G, B), then shows every possible permutation for the various combinations/palettes

Interactive charts with sensor data contributed by people around the world

A growing list of equipment reviews. The experiences and results may prove useful for those looking at new gear

Images of all objects from the Sharpless catalogue each with capture and background information

A simplified tool to help astrophotographers easily find targets on any night of the year

Custom built remote observatories with hosting options

Multi pier remote observatory with reasonable rates for the whole world to use. It offers hourly, syndicates & hosting piers for those who prefer to use their own equipment

Online access to a global network of 10 robotic telescopes with an ever-increasing image archive

Social image hosting dedicated to astrophotography

Arguably the largest community forums

Small but active UK community forums