Practical advice, techniques, and inspiration for capturing the night sky — from stars and the Milky Way to planets and deep-sky objects — with better results and more confidence.
A beginner-friendly Austin guide to photographing the Moon with a phone: steady setup, focus and exposure, city foregrounds, and realistic expectations.
Learn how to focus a phone camera on stars with a stable setup, sensible exposure choices and beginner-friendly fixes for blurry night-sky photos.
Rubin’s COSMOS image holds 500,000+ galaxies and 50,000+ stars. Learn how to explore the public deep coadd—and how it differs from EDP2.
Use July’s dark new-Moon nights for a first Milky Way photo. This practical plan covers dark locations, phone and tripod setup, and entry-level camera settings.
Our first Photo of the Week highlights an editor-selected Milky Way beach session and the practical setup lessons readers can borrow for their own nights out.
Post-solstice twilight does not kill Summer Triangle photography. It changes when Austin, Houston, and Los Angeles shooters should frame, focus, and start exposing.
A practical no-telescope guide to photographing the May 31, 2026 Blue Micromoon with a phone or basic camera, plus framing and exposure tips that actually work.
A beginner-friendly guide to photographing earthshine around the May 16, 2026 new moon, with practical timing, framing, and camera-setting starting points.
A practical beginner plan for photographing Eta Aquariid meteors during bright moonlight, with realistic timing, camera settings, phone tips, and composition advice.
New to astrophotography? This 2026 guide compares beginner-friendly cameras by budget, sensor size, and night-sky performance so you can start shooting.