Photo Credits and Licences

Each photo is credited where it appears, with a link to its source. This page lists them all in one place. Photos were resized for the web, and four were also cropped, as marked. Photos under a Creative Commons ShareAlike licence remain under that licence in the form shown here.

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Guide	Photographer / credit	Source	Licence	Changes
500 rule vs NPF rule	Thomas Bresson / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0	resized
500 rule vs NPF rule	Matthias Süßen / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0	resized
500 rule vs NPF rule	4300streetcar / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Aperture & depth of field	Luca Baggio / Unsplash	Unsplash	Unsplash License	resized
Aperture & depth of field	Jud McCranie / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Aperture & depth of field	Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Bortle scale & dark skies	ESO/P. Horálek, M. Wallner	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Bortle scale & dark skies	Boris.stromar / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Bortle scale & dark skies	Kitt Peak National Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Choosing a lens	Hypatia Alexandria / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Choosing a lens	Diego Rodriguez / Flickr	Flickr	CC BY-SA 2.0	resized
Choosing a lens	Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Conjunctions	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
Conjunctions	NASA/Joel Kowsky	NASA	Public domain	resized
Conjunctions	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
Focusing at night	Axleottal / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain	resized
Focusing at night	Jud McCranie / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Focusing at night	Pete Brown / Flickr	Flickr	CC BY 2.0	cropped and resized
Golden hour & twilight	Jebulon / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	resized
Golden hour & twilight	Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Golden hour & twilight	C. Liefke/ESO, edited by Julian Herzog	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Huge Moon behind a landmark	NASA/Bill Ingalls	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain	resized
Huge Moon behind a landmark	NASA/John Kraus	NASA	Public domain	resized
Huge Moon behind a landmark	NASA/Joel Kowsky	NASA	Public domain	resized
ISO & exposure at night	John Fowler / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
ISO & exposure at night	Imansyah Muhamad Putera / Unsplash	Unsplash	Unsplash License	resized
ISO & exposure at night	Morn / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	resized
ISS & satellite passes	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
ISS & satellite passes	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
ISS & satellite passes	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
Jupiter, Saturn & Mars	Stub Mandrel / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Jupiter, Saturn & Mars	Dilshan Jayakody / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0	resized
Jupiter, Saturn & Mars	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
Kit & cold-weather field craft	KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Tafreshi	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Kit & cold-weather field craft	Marek Piwnicki / Unsplash	Unsplash	Unsplash License	resized
Kit & cold-weather field craft	Bernd Dittrich / Unsplash	Unsplash	Unsplash License	resized
Lunar eclipse	NASA/Jordan Cochran	NASA	Public domain	resized
Lunar eclipse	NASA/Joel Kowsky	NASA	Public domain	resized
Lunar eclipse	NASA/Jordan Cochran	NASA	Public domain	resized
Meteor showers	Martin Mark / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Meteor showers	Christos Doudoulakis / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Meteor showers	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
Milky Way	ESO/P. Horálek	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Milky Way	Alison Taggart-Barone / NPS	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Milky Way	NPS/Emily Hassell	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain	resized
Milky Way arch panorama	AstroAnthony / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Milky Way arch panorama	ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Milky Way arch panorama	P. Horálek/ESO	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Moon phases for photographers	W.carter / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	resized
Moon phases for photographers	Thomas Bresson / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0	resized
Moon phases for photographers	ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Night foregrounds & light painting	Bernd Thaller / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Night foregrounds & light painting	Shiva Shenoy / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	cropped and resized
Night foregrounds & light painting	CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Night sky timelapse	Gabe Hobbs / Unsplash	Unsplash	Unsplash License	resized
Night sky timelapse	Ken Cheung / Unsplash	Unsplash	Unsplash License	resized
Night sky timelapse	John Fowler / Flickr	Flickr	CC BY 2.0	resized
Noise, stacking & dark frames	Josef Laimer / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Noise, stacking & dark frames	Darron Birgenheier / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0	resized
Noise, stacking & dark frames	Martin Bernardi / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Northern lights	U.S. Air Force / Senior Airman Joshua Strang	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain	resized
Northern lights	mmmavocado / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Northern lights	Pavel.shyshkouski / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Photographing a comet	Palonitor / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Photographing a comet	The Modern Polymath / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Photographing a comet	David Rousseau / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Polaris & true north	Heyzeuss / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0	resized
Polaris & true north	ESO/C. Madsen	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Polaris & true north	Giorgia Hofer/IAU OAE	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in December 2026	Matthew Dillon / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in December 2026	W.carter / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Sky in December 2026	KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks (NSF NOIRLab)	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in February 2027	Jimmy Baikovicius / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0	resized
Sky in February 2027	Brucewaters / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Sky in February 2027	Bobjgalindo / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	cropped and resized
Sky in January 2027	Robert Barsa/IAU OAE	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in January 2027	NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in January 2027	horizon_productions_sfl / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	resized
Sky in March 2027	ESO/P. Horálek	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in March 2027	E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in March 2027	F. Char/ESO	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in November 2026	P. Horálek/ESO	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in November 2026	E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sky in November 2026	Mike Lewinski / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Sky in October 2026	Nova Dawn Astrophotography / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Sky in October 2026	Brody Wesner / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	resized
Sky in October 2026	NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and M.H. Wong (UC Berkeley)	ESA/Hubble	CC BY 4.0	resized
Star trackers & deep sky	Keesscherer / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Star trackers & deep sky	Hypatia Alexandria / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Star trackers & deep sky	ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Star trails	A. Duro/ESO	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
Star trails	R. Wesson/ESO	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Star trails	International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
Sunrise & sunset alignments	Callyclan / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Sunrise & sunset alignments	Giles Laurent / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Sunrise & sunset alignments	spurekar / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0	resized
Supermoons & full Moon names	Colin / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Supermoons & full Moon names	ESO/G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Supermoons & full Moon names	NASA/Bill Ingalls	NASA	Public domain	resized
Telephoto Moon detail	Edoardo Dusina / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
Telephoto Moon detail	Luc Viatour / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0	resized
Telephoto Moon detail	Paramanu Sarkar / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
Total solar eclipse 2027	NASA/Jordan Salkin	NASA	Public domain	resized
Total solar eclipse 2027	NASA/Joel Kowsky	NASA	Public domain	resized
Total solar eclipse 2027	NASA/Jordan Salkin	NASA	Public domain	resized
Venus, the Evening Star	Bautsch / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	cropped and resized
Venus, the Evening Star	Bautsch / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC0 1.0	resized
Venus, the Evening Star	NPS/Patrick Myers	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain	resized
White balance at night	Clame Reporter / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
White balance at night	E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani	NOIRLab	CC BY 4.0	resized
White balance at night	Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO	ESO	CC BY 4.0	resized
iPhone astrophotography	Behruz0 / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized
iPhone astrophotography	Oanh Vuong/IAU OAE	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0	resized
iPhone astrophotography	Brucewaters / Wikimedia Commons	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0	resized

Photo credits and licences