Astrophotography gallery

Andrea Arbizzi, Modena, Italy, December 2024–April 2025 Andrea says: “PuWe 1 is a tough, faint target and even more so from my Bortle 8 sky! But after 28 hours and some intensive processing, I was abl

Galaxies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. They can be broadly classified as spiral, elliptical or irregular, but each of these still leaves plenty of scope for variety. Take, for instance, the s

Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

I’m responding to an article by Pete Lawrence in the April 2025 issue, titled ‘Flora crosses the Leo Triplet’ (Big Three, in the Sky Guide), which spurred me to have a look for this minor planet. I al

I’ve never considered myself artistic, but I recently began experimenting with collages. Before I recycle my monthly issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine, I take clippings of the most eye-catching image

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round One, Black & White, with comments by the AP team and our guest judges