Astro Lenses

The night sky can play a starring role in your photography. Here are the best lenses on the market right now for shooting it

Houston, we don’t have a problem with these astro optics

Most of us have felt very limited in our photography as of late, unable to get out and about to the kind of places that we love to visit. An upside is that you can shoot millions of miles into the distance, from your very own backyard, just by setting your sights on the night sky. Even so, light is arguably the most important raw material for photography, so things get a bit tricky when there’s very little to play with. Naturally, shooting outdoors in the middle of the night is particularly challenging, even when the subject in question is the Milky Way on a clear, star-studded evening. To make matters worse, the night sky is not only very dimly lit, but it’s also very large and constantly moving.

For good results, you really need to choose wisely when it comes to picking a suitable lens.