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- Newfoundland Road Trip: Dark Skies, Camping, & Stargazing September 29, 2025This summer, we traded in our usual short camping trips for a big adventure: three weeks on the road to Newfoundland. We drove more than 6,000 KM (3,728 miles), stayed at 12 campgrounds, hiked trails, worked from the road, visited breweries, and explored new cities – all with Rudy in tow. This was... […]Ashley Northcotte
- Use My Budget Astrophotography Build Guide to Complete Your Setup September 25, 2025Last Updated September 28, 2025 I recently assembled a budget astrophotography rig to capture deep-sky objects in my backyard. While I knew this system would be very capable, I was astonished by the quality of the pictures I took with it. Astrophotography (and photography in general) can be an expensive hobby, with high-end equipment often... […]Trevor Jones
- SVBONY SV550 Telescope Review: Serious Astrophotography on a Budget September 11, 2025If you’ve been looking at entry-level refractor telescopes for astrophotography and wondering whether it’s worth stepping up to a triplet APO, the SVBONY SV550 deserves a close look. Available in both 80mm and 122mm apertures, the SV550 telescope is designed with astrophotography in mind, but it’s also a capable instrument for visual observing. In this... […]Trevor Jones
Sky & Telescope
- In the Footsteps of Galileo October 14, 2025Sky & Telescope’s 2025 “Galileo’s Italy” tour offered much more than sightseeing, as participants enjoyed multiple opportunities to stand on astronomical hallowed ground. The post In the Footsteps of Galileo appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Richard Tresch Fienberg
- A “Great Wave” Is Crashing through the Milky Way October 13, 2025Precise measurements of stars’ motions show that a wave is propagating outward from our galaxy’s center — perhaps from a long-ago collision with another galaxy. The post A “Great Wave” Is Crashing through the Milky Way appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Monica Young
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 10 – 19 October 10, 2025Never caught a double shadow transit on Jupiter? This week offers several chances. Meanwhile, Cassiopeia stands high and the Little Dipper leans over. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 10 – 19 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.Alan MacRobert
Phil’s Astronomy Blog
- Hello out there? October 12, 2021Anybody still coming here?Phil
- Markarian's Chain in Virgo April 13, 2018My 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, 2018A 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