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Astrophotography
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Take stunning portraits of constellations, nebulas, star clusters, and our home galaxy.
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Taking astro video is for more than just instant replay. Use your camcorder to capture views of the Sun, Moon and planets.
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Taking deep-sky pictures requires a skill that's involved in no other kind of photography: guiding on a star.
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Finally, there’s a way for anyone to take decent astronomical images through a telescope.
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Today’s digital cameras are no longer limited to bright targets, such as the Sun, Moon, or planets. Even star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae are now fair game.
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Here's a quick and easy way to capture large sections of the sky digitally using ordinary 35-millimeter camera lenses.
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Combing images from different cameras and telescopes results in stunning celestial vistas.
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Using a modified Canon EOS 20Da digital SLR, one astrophotographer aims for unusually faint nebulae.
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High-quality hydrogen-alpha photography of the Sun can be done on a modest budget.
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A premier planetary photographer shares his secrets for capturing the finest details on our neighboring worlds.
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Before you purchase a CCD, weigh the options possible when focal reducers are added to the imaging system.
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If you look through a telescope's eyepiece, why wouldn't you point a camera through it?
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A total eclipse of the Sun is a spectacular sight. With a little preparation and advance planning, you can capture your own souvenir portrait of this awe-inspiring sight.
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Lunar eclipses are leisurely affairs — a pleasure to watch and photograph.
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Using a safe solar filter, it's easy to photograph a partial solar eclipse.
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It's easy to photograph Iridium flares. Making the photograph visually interesting, however, is more challenging.
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Photographing the aurora is not that difficult, but it does require a combination of the correct lens, the proper ISO (film) speed, the right exposure, and (of course) a cooperative auroral display.
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