This serves as the home for various guides related to astrophotography of deep sky objects, from equipment to stacking and post processing.
Learn about the equipment that makes a custom/upgradable dedicated astrophotography rig capable of professional level astrophotography images. Smart telescopes are also mentioned for those interested in a simple alternative, as well as a short discussion on what is possible with just a smartphone or untracked DSLR/mirrorless camera.
Signal-To-Noise Ratio (SNR), Light and Calibration Frames
This discussion will teach you SNR and the different individual image types used to create a final astrophotography image.
Follow my simple approach to stacking and post processing astrophotography images. I present separate tutorials that use only free software (Siril and GraXpert) and paid software (PixInsight and the RCAstro plugins).
Deep Sky Objects to Image (Northern Hemisphere)
Here I present a list of wide range of deep sky objects that may be of interest for amateur astronomers to choose from. The list is given in order of approximate season in which they are visible (based on their constellation location) and then further sorted by right ascension.