Welcome to AstroBin

Home of astrophotography

 

AstroBin is an image hosting platform and social network for astrophotographers. Join our World Wide community of over 50,000 members!

 
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About AstroBin

Online since 2011, AstroBin is the #1 complete solution for image hosting of astrophotographs. Far from being a generic run-of-the-mill image hosting website, it was created and is still operated by an astrophotographer, and boasts features that are very specific to astrophotography.

 
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AstroBin offers plenty of features especially designed with astrophotography in mind.

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In the press

 

 
 

“Have you ever wondered where to showcase your astrophotography images at full resolution? Or where to get real feedback on how specific astrophotography gear performs? Or to discuss your hobby with other astrophotographers?

Wonder no more. AstroBin is the answer.”

 

“AstroBin is by far the most accessible astrophotography image hosting platform around. Regardless of shooting with a DSLR, mirrorless camera, a backyard telescope, or a deep-space observatory, AstroBin is the place to be.”

 

What people are saying

 

“Salvatore has done a great service to the community by creating AstroBin and by maintaining it for so long. I thank him for all of his efforts and everything he's done to promote astrophotography.”

“I have my images on a couple of other sites. However, AstroBin provides a unique service. Considering all the money I've "invested" in this hobby, to have the ability to host all my images including technical data and to check others’ images including their technical data without much work on my part is well worth the subscription fee.”

“I joined AstroBin almost since its inception. It is an excellent site with imagers from all over the world which also makes it a great community. Salvatore the owner of the site is hugely accommodating and makes changes and improvements when requests are made and for a single person dealing with such a large community he does an excellent job. I would despair if Astrobin were to shut down as I don't know where I could host all my images.”

“AstroBin provides a rather unique resource for astrophotographers. Even if you don't host there, it's a very valuable catalog and resource of astro images. On top of that, there is the data sharing library where people can and have been making their data available to the public, something ('m very interested in for crow-sourced data and processing.”

“I joined astrobin before even owning a telescope, and my passion was instantly sparked. Astrobin has helped me immensely in choosing the right equipment and getting the most out of it.”

“As far as I am aware, AstroBin is 9 years young and the work of a solo-programmer. This alone is remarkable! Today, the fully-fledged AstroBin offers a most intuitive UI and has attracted countless nice people, some of them new valuable friends though only online. Site moderation is permanently under control while the moderator's response to suggestions is fast and most accurate. Image upload and description is made easy as 1-2-3. The membership fee is very reasonable and should be considered a reward for hard work thru many years. Because of its wonderful community, AstroBin is the only 'social network' I am using. Highly recommended also for cloud covered nights.”

“I care about having a place to gather and share astrophotography images with others.  See what they're imaging, with what equipment, how they're imaging, and the results.

For that, AstroBin blows all other possibilities out of the water.  One way or another, this is the place where the great astrophotography community gathers, where beginners can learn what works, what equipment the experienced people use.  How to frame a target artistically.  Flickr or personal websites don't do that well, the information there is too scattered."

“Love AstroBin, I use it often to see what other people are imaging and what the images look like, it is also a fantastic tool for use with Sequence Generator Pro's Frame and Plate Solving tools.”

AstroBin is by far my favorite web site, and I don’t think you will find a more comprehensive, well thought out, full featured or even better looking website this far out in the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy.”