Shelf III · Camera
Night-Sky Photography with a Phone or Camera on a Tripod
“The sky looked astonishing and every photo I took came out black or orange.”
- Phone or camera + tripod
STAR ATLAS · 12 courses · 3 routes
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Four shelves, from your first night with no equipment to processing a night of deep-sky frames. Search, or narrow it down by what you already own.
4 courses and 1 route
Shelf III · Camera
Milky Way Landscapes: Planning, Shooting and Stacking
“I drove to a dark site, set everything up, and the Milky Way was not where I expected it.”
- Phone or camera + tripod
Shelf III · Camera
Tracking Mounts and Polar Alignment
“Past twenty seconds my stars turn into little dashes and I do not know how to stop it.”
- Phone or camera + tripod
- Tracking mount
Shelf IV · Deep sky
Deep-Sky Imaging with a Small Refractor
“I have the mount and a small telescope, and I want to photograph a nebula, not just look at one.”
- Phone or camera + tripod
- Tracking mount
- A telescope
Shelf IV · Route
The Imaging Route: Tripod to Deep Sky
“I want to go from phone snapshots of the stars to my own picture of a nebula, without missing a step.”
5 courses for £3,236 instead of £5,478
- Phone or camera + tripod
- Tracking mount
- A telescope
- A computer