From basic techniques to the kit you need, plus where to go to capture the best pictures, here’s how to get started in astrophotography. Trying to photograph the night sky can be challenging — here's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Setting up a camera to capture "shooting stars" means you ...

As residents of the Pacific Northwest, we are very fortunate to be surrounded by remote areas and beautiful landscapes that yield dark skies. Those dark skies bring great opportunities to view the ...

It's one of the most visually arresting images in all of astrophotography and it’s one that can be created quite easily in your backyard – whatever your level of light pollution – but the star trail ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most impressive displays of shooting stars you'll see throughout the year – and it's peaking this week on the night of August 12 and early hours of August 13 in ...

Trying to photograph the night sky can be challenging — here's what you need to know to get it right. Photograph by Royce Bair/Visit Utah There’s something extraordinary about gazing up at a ...