Basic Backyard Astrophotography, Part 3: Capture

Welcome to Part 3 of my guide to Basic Backyard Astrophotography. If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, please click the links and we will see you back on this page in a few minutes. In this segment, we get down to brass tacks on how to capture astrophotos of the night sky. As you are about to see, astrophotography is not overly complicated, but there are things you need to keep in mind when trying to capture stellar images. Part 4 will discuss basic post-processing techniques for the photos we are about to capture.

The Moon and Jupiter hang out together in a small patch of sky. Image taken with a FUJIFILM X-T2; Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens at f/4; 1/2000-second; ISO1600.

Capture

1. Set up your camera on a tripod and point it at something interesting in the sky… or just a bunch of stars!

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