We The Curious | How to photograph the night sky | A Beginner's Guide to Astrophotography | We The Curious @wethecurious | Uploaded March 2014 | Updated October 2024, 38 minutes ago.
Learn how to take photos of the night sky, constellations, and deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula in this beginner's guide to astrophotography, with Lee and Ross of the Live Science Team.

This video was presented by: Ross Exton & Lee Pullen
Produced by Ross Exton & Seamus Foley

How to find Orion: youtu.be/C7PsMLJ3zmU
How to spot a shooting stars: youtu.be/xNmgvlwInCA

Check out more of Lee's astrophotography here: flickr.com/photos/lee_pullen

We took our astrophotos using the following settings, but feel free to experiment and let us know how you got on...

STAR TRAILS
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 120 seconds

THE MOON
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/100th second

JUPITER AND MOONS
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
Focal length: 280mm
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1 second

PLEIADES
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1250 (high ISO shot was 6400)
Shutter speed: 1.3 seconds

GEMINI AND JUPITER
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED
Focal length: 42mM
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter speed: 20 seconds

ORION AND TAURUS
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED
Focal length: 42mm
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 15 seconds

ORION NEBULA
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
Focal length: 155mm
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 2000
Shutter speed: 2 seconds

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