Astrophotographer snaps his ‘clearest ever photo of the SUN’ – a 230 megapixel image made up from 100,000 pictures Photographer Andrew McCarthy took 100,000 photos at about 100 per minute When combined they created a dramatic 230 megapixel photograph of the star McCarthy has been photographing the sun and the moon for about three years … Read more
Blink and you’ll miss it! Astrophotographer captures perfectly-timed shot of the International Space Station as it passes across the sun Image was taken last week by an astrophotographer in Germany when the ISS passed overhead The photograph was three weeks in the planning and was successfully taken by Mehmet Ergun He has taken several images of … Read more
See the moon with ‘superhuman vision’: Astrophotographer snaps incredible photo of our lunar satellite with inverted colours to enhance the texture Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy snapped the incredible image this week He altered the image to highlight things the human eye can’t see The incredible picture was created by processing the image with an inverted luminance … Read more
A once in a blue moon shot! Astrophotographer captures stunning photo of the International Space Station as it passes across the lunar surface The orbiting space science laboratory had been reorientated for a spacewalk An astrophotographer captured the ISS image in Sacramento, California The image shows the ISS as it transits the moon early on Monday … Read more
A photographer has taken the world’s clearest pictures of the moon’s craters by combining multiple shots of the lunar line where light meets dark. Californian-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy stacked thousands of pictures together over lunar phases to show the moon’s surface in all its glory. The lunar enthusiast took two weeks’ worth of frames of … Read more