Advanced search
Whatever you want to find on AstroBin's rich catalog of over 900,000 images, you can do it with its powerful search engine.
AstroBin has amassed a large amount of data since it was launched in 2011, and its database comprises over 900,000 astrophotographs. The Elasticsearch engine is powering the indexing and searching of this data.
Visitors and members on the Free subscription
Visitors and members on the Free subscription are able to find any image using any number of free-text query keywords. The keywords are joined using the AND logical operator, so if you search for “M31 Meade” you will find all images that mention both words anywhere in the searchable fields.
Lite and Premium
Members on the Lite and Premium subscriptions can specify an additional number of specific filters:
Acquisition type (Traditional, EEA, Lucky imaging, Drawing/Sketch)
Animated (search only GIFs)
Videos (search only videos)
Award (search only Top Picks / Image of the Day winners)
Camera name
Camera type (CCD, DSLR, Guider / Planetary, Film, Compact, Video)
Constellation
Country
License
Moon phase
Publication date range
Acquisition date range
Subject name
Subject type (Deep sky, Solar system body or event, Widefield, Star trails, Northern lights, Gear)
Telescope name
Telescope type (all supported reflectors, refractors, catadioptrics, camera lenses, binoculars)
Ultimate
Members on the Ultimate subscriptions get access to even more filters, plus the guarantee of having access to all future additions to the list:
Celestial coordinates (RA/dec ranges). This, in combination with the Field radius filter below, enables searching for images in the same area as another.
Data source (backyard, traveler, own remote observatory, amateur hosting facility, public amateur data, professional data)
Field radius (min and max in degrees)
Minimum data (only search images with certain data provided, e.g. telescope, camera, acquisition details, astrometry information available)
Pixel scale (min and max in arcsec/pixel)
Integration time (min and max in fractions of hours)
Remote source (choose from a list of 25 remote hosting facilities, and counting)
Range of camera pixel size in microns
Range of telescope diameter in millimeters
Range of telescope or lens focal length in millimeters
Range of telescope or lens weight in kilograms
Range of mount weight in kilograms
Range of mount payload in kilograms
Modified/unmodified status of camera