Shots That Can Make You Feel the Magic of a Starry Sky

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Astrophotography is one of the youngest genres of photography. Although the first photograph of the Moon was taken in 1840, it wasn’t until the 20th century that photo equipment became advanced enough to capture the mysteries of the cosmos. This might amaze you to hear, but modern cameras for shooting planets, stars, comets, and other astronomical objects ‘see’ much more than our eyes do.

If you’ve traveled through the wild areas of Europe during starry nights in the summer, you’ve probably seen the Milky Way. The Earth is at the very edge of our galaxy, so we can see most of the Milky Way in the sky at night. Modern astrophysicists believe that in the center of our galaxy is a huge cluster of black holes.

Not all astrophotography is in color. If an astronomical object is very far away, so much so that its photons can hardly reach the Earth

The Moon is still the one astronomical object that is easiest to capture for photographers. And it’s no surprise since the Moon is located at a distance of only 384,400 km from the Earth’s surface.

The aurora borealis is relatively easy to capture, even if you don’t have a lens that can let in a lot of light and a camera with a great sensor, at hand. The hardest part about filming the Northern Lights is being in the right place at the right time. The greatest probability of capturing the aurora borealis is from 10 PM to 3 AM in the northern latitudes, close to the Arctic Circle. The Northern Lights are only visible in clear weather.

This image was taken near the active Mount Bromo volcano. Due to the constant activity of the volcano and the smoke, there are no settlements near the mountain, which means that the level of light pollution here is very low. When Mount Bromo calms down for a while, Indonesian photographers have the opportunity to capture gorgeous landscapes with starry skies and mountain peaks outlined.