Moriah Goodall

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How to Choose the Best Location for Astrophotography April 25, 2025

Astrophotography is all about capturing the beauty of the night sky, but choosing the right location is just as important as your gear. So, how do you find the best places to shoot the stars when you don’t have the benefit of living under dark skies? Here’s everything you need to know to choose the... […]

Ashley Northcotte

Light Pollution: 8 Myths You Should Stop Believing April 21, 2025

The term light pollution is more widely recognized these days. More people are starting to realize that lighting up the night isn’t always a good thing — but that hasn’t exactly slowed us down. We’re still filling the night sky with more and more artificial light every year. For many, it remains an issue that’s... […]

Ashley Northcotte

Askar SQA106 Telescope Review April 10, 2025

If you’re in the market for a high-performance astrograph with full-frame capabilities and a premium build, the Askar SQA106 is definitely worth a closer look. This impressive quintuplet refractor delivers a 509mm focal length at f/4.8 and is designed to produce flat, color-accurate images without the need for additional flatteners or backfocus tinkering. In this... […]

Trevor Jones

NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration April 29, 2025

Today is the 100th day of the Trump-Vance Administration after being inaugurated on Jan. 20. In his inaugural address, President Trump laid out a bold and ambitious vision for NASA’s future throughout his second term, saying, “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on […]

Jennifer M. Dooren

NASA Invites Media to Agency’s 25th Annual Student Launch Challenge April 29, 2025

NASA’s annual Student Launch challenge will bring middle school, high school, and college students from around the country together to launch high-powered rockets and payloads. On Saturday, May 3, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. CDT (or until the last rocket launches), student teams will convene for the agency’s 25th annual challenge at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama, near […]

Beth Ridgeway

Help Classify Galaxies Seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope! April 29, 2025

NASA needs your help identifying the shapes of thousands of galaxies in images taken by our James Webb Space Telescope with the Galaxy Zoo project. These classifications will help scientists answer questions about how the shapes of galaxies have changed over time, what caused these changes, and why. Thanks to the light collecting power of […]

41,000 Years Ago, Auroras Appeared Across the Globe April 29, 2025

A weakened geomagnetic field left Earth almost defenseless against harmful cosmic radiation 41,000 years ago, but that didn’t stop humans from thriving. The post 41,000 Years Ago, Auroras Appeared Across the Globe appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Jan Hattenbach

Vera Rubin Observatory: Astronomy’s New Workhorse April 28, 2025

In February 2025, Sky & Telescope contributing editor Govert Schilling visited three new astronomical observatories in northern Chile. This is the second of a three-part blog series. The post Vera Rubin Observatory: Astronomy’s New Workhorse appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Govert Schilling

This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 25 – May 4 April 25, 2025

The Moon passes Mars when Mars passes the Beehive. Sirius, the Winter Star, sinks away in the southwest. Arcturus, the Spring Star, shines high toward the southeast. Vega, the Summer Star, is already nosing up in the northeast. All at once. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 25 – May 4 appeared […]

Alan MacRobert

Hello out there? October 12, 2021

Anybody still coming here?

Phil

Markarian's Chain in Virgo April 13, 2018

My own Hubble View! These galaxies lie between 10 to 50 million light years away. How many galaxies do you see? A pretty tricky part of the sky to image, really. You're utilizing almost your entire field of view with an 80mm scope, so dealing with all that comes with wide-field. This is the best […]

Phil

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy April 9, 2018

A nice clear night last night until around 12:30 when clouds rolled in. Managed to get this image of the lovely M51 Whirlpool galaxy. It lies around 23 million light years away and it is interacting with a smaller galaxy (yellow~ish bulge to the left). Three supernova (star explosions) have been detected in this galaxy […]

Phil

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