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Twilight follows sunset and precedes sunrise. Each evening of astrophotography begins or ends when the top of the sun touches the horizon at sunset. (Moonrise and moonset also begin when the top of the moon touches the local horizon.) Dark night is defined as the period when the sun is 18 degrees or more below…

Arches National Park, UTAH Zion National Park, UTAH Joshua Tree National Park, CA Lake Arrowhead, CA Borrego Springs Metal Sculptures, Borrego Springs, CA Maroon Bells near Aspen, CO for a 20-image stack. Find a mountain range with a lake in the foreground. Glamis Dunes, Glamis, CA The VLA – Very Large Array of radio dish…

This is the shot I want to get, and here’s how to do it. At 4:30 p.m. on October 25, 2026, park in the Tunnel View parking lot in Yosemite National Park. From 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. set up gear using a remote shutter release cable and best tripod, exactly midway along the viewing overlook…

The following are my lenses with details. The designations are taken from the lens itself. ABOVE: Sony FE 4 / PZ 28-135 G OSS. This is for video primarily as it has the power zoom feature and good range. ABOVE: Sony FE 6.3-8 / 400-800 G OSS. Primarily for magnification of the moon and other…

This chart is from THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY by MIKE SHAW

27 June 2025, 8:45 PM — Here’s a crescent moon, but you can see the entire moon with the aid of the 400mm lens. f/6.3, 4 second exposure, ISO-400. To get more detail in the moon, to see craters and such, I need to read up on proper ISO settings, exposure, all that good stuff.…

23 June 2025, 8:11 p.m. — Shooting in the finest JPEG quality on this timelapse, aimed at the Modjeska Grade, which from my vantage point comes down between two electrical high tension towers. Things should look interesting. Plan is to select frames from the shoot and describe them based on the time of day quality.…