astrophotography

noun

as·​tro·​pho·​tog·​ra·​phy ˌa-(ˌ)strō-fə-ˈtä-grə-fē 

: photography involving astronomical objects and events

astrophotograph

ˌa-(ˌ)strō-ˈfō-tə-ˌgraf 

noun

astrophotographer

ˌa-(ˌ)strō-fə-ˈtä-grə-fər 

noun

Examples of astrophotography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Using an older camera is a rewarding way to get into astrophotography. —Harry Bennett, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025

It's designed for deep sky astrophotography, while also being well suited to image capture of the Sun and Moon – with its camera system built around a Sony IMX585 sensor and 50-mm aperture. —New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025

David Carter starts the program at 6:30 p.m. indoors at the visitor center talking about beginning astrophotography. —Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025

Much like the other two Vista hotels—one in Como city, another in Verona—the bathrooms are improbably chic, outfitted in slabs of marble in clarets, undersea greens, or the blue-gray-gold multicolor seen in astrophotography. —Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

astro- + photography

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for astrophotography

• arteriography
• autobiography
• biogeography
• cholangiography
• cinematography
• historiography
• photolithography
• photomicrography
• ultrasonography
• ventriculography
• angiocardiography
• electrocardiography