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Astrophotography
GETTING STARTED
A Beginner's Guide
From Skies & Scopes, Astrophotography: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, by Anthony Robinson, tells you what you need to know a beginning astrophotographer. Here you will learn about the different types of astrophotography, what equipment you need, and how to take pictures of the night sky, planets, and more.
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How to Articles
The Astronomy for Beginners articles on astrophotography, summarized below, guide you on your astrophotographical journey with tutorials proceeding from simple and inexpensive to advanced and less inexpensive.
Camera Only
The fixed tripod method, the simplest way to start out taking photos of the night sky.
Piggyback
More adventurous, piggyback your camera on your telescope to track the stars as they move.
Afocal Method
Good one for digital cameras, holding the camera up to the eyepiece.
Prime Focus
Using the telescope as a long camera lens.