When taking pictures of the night sky, any noise picked up by the sensor can obscure the desired result. One major cause of noise in CMOS sensors is heat—even small amounts can degrade the final ...

We think the D850 is an astro master and it comes designed for shooting in the dark, thanks to backlit buttons, excellent low light autofocus and good high ISO noise handling. The Nikon D850 has been ...

While remotely controlling a powerful telescope and viewing the results on your computer screen - as promised by the Gloria project - certainly has its appeal, it doesn't quite match the sense of ...

The best lenses for astrophotography are ideal tools for producing vivid, striking images of the stars and the night sky. It's easy for photographers to be intimidated away from astrophotography, but ...

Up until about three years ago, I was strictly a visual amateur astronomer. Most of the time I used just my eyes, but I also used binoculars and all types and sizes of telescopes. I’ve seen some ...

I can still remember the night that marked the start of my journey into astrophotography. It was a clear and moonless August evening five years ago, and the year’s Perseid shower was at its peak. As I ...

As smartphone cameras improve, more people want to take photographs of the night sky with their smartphones. However, serious astrophotographers attach powerful, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) ...

Nikon has revealed the D810A, an astrophotography-focused version of its D810 full frame DSLR. Though the new camera will retain many of the specifications of the 36.3-megapixel camera it's based on, ...

Nikon has announced the D810A, a variant of its 36-megapixel D810 DSLR that’s designed to shoot the stars. It has a special optical filter that quadruples the transmission of Hydrogen Alpha light, ...

With the moon sliding past a brilliant Venus — now crazy-bright after sunset — and Jupiter reaching its brightest and best of the year, November is sure to be a great month for astrophotography. The ...