Astrophotography processing

Since Russia launched Sputnik 1 into low Earth orbit in 1957, thousands of satellites have begun congesting the skies over our planet – something anyone shooting night-sky timelapses will be keenly aw

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Prabhu, Emirates Astronomical Observatory, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 2022, April 2023 and October 2023 Prabhu says: “This was a challenging target. I gathered enough broadband and narrowband data to hi

When everything comes together, there’s no better feeling, as Michael Topham experienced in Croatia

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