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SHELF IV · ROUTE · 5 COURSES

“I want to go from phone snapshots of the stars to my own picture of a nebula, without missing a step.”

The Imaging Route: Tripod to Deep Sky

All five photography and imaging courses in order: a camera on a tripod, Milky Way landscapes, tracking, deep-sky capture and processing the data.

Observatory domes on a scrubby hilltop with the Milky Way rising behind them

What you will be able to do

  1. Shoot the night sky from a fixed tripod and from a tracking mount
  2. Capture deep-sky data with a small telescope
  3. Process raw frames into a finished image

The courses in this route, in order

  1. COURSE 01 Night-Sky Photography with a Phone or Camera on a Tripod 35 lessons · 5 h 15 min £634
  2. COURSE 02 Milky Way Landscapes: Planning, Shooting and Stacking 43 lessons · 9 h 19 min £1,123
  3. COURSE 03 Tracking Mounts and Polar Alignment 42 lessons · 8 h 24 min £968
  4. COURSE 04 Deep-Sky Imaging with a Small Refractor 45 lessons · 10 h 30 min £1,486
  5. COURSE 05 Processing Astro Images: Calibrate, Stack and Stretch 42 lessons · 9 h 6 min £1,267
Bought separately
£5,478
This route
£3,236
You save
£2,242.00

What is included

  • All five camera and deep-sky courses, unlocked together
  • A suggested order with a note on what kit each step needs
  • The same targets revisited as your equipment grows
  • 18 months of streaming access

Who it suits

Photographers who want the whole imaging path in one ordered route.

Questions about this route

What do I need before I start?

Phone or camera + tripod, Tracking mount, A telescope, A computer. Nothing has to be bought in advance: the first course opens with what to choose and why.

How long will it take me?

There are 207 lessons, 42 h 34 min of video in all. At about 4 hours a week that is roughly 11 weeks, but the pace is yours: clear nights decide more than the calendar.

How long can I watch it, and is there a tutor?

You can stream every lesson for 18 months from when access starts. The lessons are recorded: there is no live tutor and no marking, and the videos cannot be downloaded.

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