astrophotographer

“It’s an exceptional comet,” said Eliot Herman, a retired biotechnologist at the University of Arizona and an astrophotographer who has been tracking Pons-Brooks for several months.

Judge and astrophotographer László Francsics said the image was as spectacular as it was valuable.

Retired high school science teacher and astrophotographer Dan Bartlett has been capturing images of the comet from his cabin near Yosemite National Park in California and calls looking at the sky a "humbling" experience.

But for the latest episode of my YouTube video series Full Frame, I flew 2,000 miles away from the big city lights of NYC to meet Bettymaya Foott, astrophotographer and director of engagement for the International Dark-Sky Association, who taught me how to capture incredible photos of the stars using cameras I already owned.

"I've only been an astrophotographer for the last 12 months. It's something I've always wanted to do but never had the time until the pandemic stopped us going out, so then I had the time to develop my skills," he said.