Astro Photons
Andromeda Galaxy (M31): How to Photograph with a DSLR Camera
The Andromeda Galaxy is one of the most popular fall astrophotography targets worldwide, and no wonder! It's beautiful, bright, and easy to locate in the night sky. If you are a complete beginner in astrophotography, but you would love to take a picture of our neighboring galaxy using a DSLR/mirrorless camera and a telephoto lens or a telescope, here you have the complete guide to photographing the Andromeda Galaxy.
Astronomy
Uranus: 15 Amazing Facts About the Bull's Eye Planet Uranus
The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus, is one of the strangest and least understood planets in the Solar System. This planet has short days and incredibly long years, four times bigger than Earth.
Skywatching
Full Moon Calendar 2022: When to See the Next Full Moon
Here are the dates for the full moons in 2022.
Astrophotography
Pillars of Creation from a Backyard Observatory
I built an observatory in my backyard to take pictures of deep space. This is the Eagle Nebula, captured using a 12" telescope. I removed all the stars to make the famous Pillars of Creation stand out more.
The Sadr Region, Captured In Narrowband (SHO)
This image was taken to the bottom right of the Gamma Cygni Nebula, with the tip appearing on the bottom left of the picture. Equipment: ASI294MM Pro Esprit 120 APO ED Eq6R SvBony165 60mm Guide Scope w/ ASI120MM Mini
Space Exploration
Another Amazing Image from Webb, This Time it’s Galaxy IC 5332
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to dazzle and amaze with its latest image, this time of Galaxy IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775, an intermediate spiral galaxy located approximately 30 million light years away. This comes after JWST released its first images at its full power, which included the Carina Nebula, Stephan’s Quintet, Southern Ring Nebula, and SMACS 0723, the last of which was the deepest and sharpest image of the distant universe to date.
Earth
Brilliant Fireball Explodes High in Texas Sky Before Dawn [Video]
No word yet on whether there were meteorites after a small space body broke up harmlessly Sunday (July 24), high in Earth's atmosphere.
Technology
Science Fiction
Best Sci-Fi Books of 2022
Leave reality for a world that’s wholly different from your own yet eerily familiar with some of the best sci-fi books of all time.
Astronomical Pictures
Spiral Galaxy M74: A Sharper View
Beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) lies some 32 million light-years toward the constellation Pisces. An island universe of about 100 billion stars with two prominent spiral arms, M74 has long been admired by astronomers as a perfect example of a grand-design spiral galaxy.
Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's main ring was discovered in 1979 by NASA's passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but its origin was then a mystery. Data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003, however, confirmed the hypothesis that this ring was created by meteoroid impacts on small nearby moons.
