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In transitAn airliner is caught crossing June’s Full Moon in this shot taken from the Bronx in New York City. The photog...
02/14/2024

In transit
An airliner is caught crossing June’s Full Moon in this shot taken from the Bronx in New York City. The photographer used a 600mm lens at f/8 and an exposure time of 1/250 of a second at ISO 400.

Roses are red (and blue)The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros (NGC 2237–9/44/46) is one of the most popular targets on the sky...
02/13/2024

Roses are red (and blue)
The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros (NGC 2237–9/44/46) is one of the most popular targets on the sky, but the imagers of this shot have achieved a dramatic red/blue color palette with SHO filters. The image is a four-panel mosaic representing 110 hours of exposure with a 14-inch scope.

Eclipse kissStatues of a sailor and his lover embrace in front of the Oct. 25 partial solar eclipse, as shot from the po...
02/12/2024

Eclipse kiss
Statues of a sailor and his lover embrace in front of the Oct. 25 partial solar eclipse, as shot from the port of Civitavecchia in Italy. The image is a composite of two images — one for the statue and one for the Sun.

The Tarantula’s webThe expansive Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a region bursting with star formation...
02/11/2024

The Tarantula’s web
The expansive Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a region bursting with star formation and home to the star clusters NGC 2070 and 2060. This HaRGB image represents a total of 11.5 hours of exposure with a 4.2 inch refractor.

A bite out of the SunThe Oct. 25 partial solar eclipse was visible from Europe and parts of Northern Africa and Asia. Th...
02/10/2024

A bite out of the Sun
The Oct. 25 partial solar eclipse was visible from Europe and parts of Northern Africa and Asia. The Moon’s silhouette — as well as several solar prominences — are visible in this shot, captured from a 2-inch solar telescope.

The eclipse’s edgeThe shadow of the Earth falls across the Moon in this high dynamic range image of the Nov. 7/8 total l...
02/09/2024

The eclipse’s edge
The shadow of the Earth falls across the Moon in this high dynamic range image of the Nov. 7/8 total lunar eclipse. The image combines two stacks of exposures with a 600mm lens: 1/100 of a second at f/6.3 and ISO 800 (24-frame stack) and 10 seconds at f/6.3 and ISO 800 (6-frame stack).

Milky Way at duskAs dusk falls, the Milky Way begins to glow above the hills of southwestern Iran. This shot was taken w...
02/08/2024

Milky Way at dusk
As dusk falls, the Milky Way begins to glow above the hills of southwestern Iran. This shot was taken with a single exposure of 20 seconds at f/3.5 and ISO 2500 with a Nikon D7200 and 18–55mm lens.

Thanks for all the fishThe Dolphin Nebula (Sharpless 2–308) is a wind-blown bubble of ionized hydrogen surrounding the m...
02/07/2024

Thanks for all the fish
The Dolphin Nebula (Sharpless 2–308) is a wind-blown bubble of ionized hydrogen surrounding the massive Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris. This narrowband image was taken with HOO filters and almost 25 hours of exposure time.

The Elephant’s TrunkThe Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is part of the emission nebula IC 1396, roughly 2,400 light-years away i...
02/06/2024

The Elephant’s Trunk
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is part of the emission nebula IC 1396, roughly 2,400 light-years away in Cepheus. This image was taken with an 8-inch scope over 13.5 hours in the Hubble palette.

In the jungleThe Lion Nebula (Sh 2–132) is a rich emission nebula in Cepheus roughly 11,000 light-years away. Many of it...
02/05/2024

In the jungle
The Lion Nebula (Sh 2–132) is a rich emission nebula in Cepheus roughly 11,000 light-years away. Many of its features — like the curving “tail” are the result of bubbles being blown out by expanding stars. The image was taken over 11 hours with a 4-inch scope and SHO filters.

Runner and hunterThe Orion Nebula (M42) is perhaps the most famous deep-sky object, pictured here at right, with the Run...
02/04/2024

Runner and hunter
The Orion Nebula (M42) is perhaps the most famous deep-sky object, pictured here at right, with the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) at left. This image represents about 4.3 hours of exposure with a Nikon D800 DSLR and a 600mm f/4 lens on an iOptron GEM28 mount.

Dragon fightNGC 6188 is sometimes classified as emission nebula, but it is the dark tendrils of dust in the foreground t...
02/03/2024

Dragon fight
NGC 6188 is sometimes classified as emission nebula, but it is the dark tendrils of dust in the foreground that give the object its nickname: the Fighting Dragons of Ara. This 4-panel mosaic was taken with a 12-inch scope in Hα/OIII/LRGB filters. Click the image to see it in high resolution.

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