For those of you that need information on what equipment to start out with, some ideas for what to take pictures of, and some basics for how to process your images, you definitely want to start with the Let's Start at the Beginning button above. If you think you're a little past that, and want to find out how I do things - and to be clear, I'm still learning, myself! - then you can read the posts below for general "how-to" articles. I also encourage you to check out my Equipment page where I discuss the equipment I use, and my Articles page where I talk about the latest in space-related topics.
With the software, equipment, and resources available to a modern Astropotamus, you can plan, control, automate, and fix just about every aspect of amateur astrophotography. What a glorious time to be an Astropotamus!
If someone asked you to find the constellation called the Big Dipper, would you know where to look? The answer may surprise you!
The air between you and everything you look at is moving. Why does this matter for Astrophotography?
Star hopping is an easy way to use what you can see to find what you can't see.
You can split stars! Let's tag a closer look at Regulus.