Observing equipment
Camera
From a standard camera to a cooled, dedicated astronomical one, the imaging heart of the hobby. Stacking many long exposures, an amateur camera reveals colour and faint structure in nebulae and galaxies far beyond what the eye can see at the eyepiece.
Methods, objects & tools
Across public astronomy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withEquatorial Mount
- Associated withStar Tracker
- Associated withEquatorial Mount
- Associated withPhotometry
- Associated withAstronomical Filter
- Associated withAstrophotography Planner
- Associated withAstrophotography
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.