This year's spring feels unusually cold, even though it's already the end of April. Even on sunny days the air is still chilly, an…
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This March marks 13 years since I first saw and photographed comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) . A "devil’s dozen" is a somewhat mystic…
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By a curious coincidence, the reflection nebula LBN 437 , often called the Gecko Nebula for its unusual shape, is located in the constellat…
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Globular clusters are ancient cosmic “cities” of stars, and Messier 5 is one of the brightest and most impressive among them. By photograp…
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Into the north window of my chamber glows the Pole Star with uncanny light. All through the long hellish hours of blackness it shines…
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The object known as NGC 2371 is a planetary nebula — the glowing remains of a star similar to our Sun. Surrounding its core is a colorful c…
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This image, captured four years ago, showcases the brilliant supernova SN 2021rhu in the distant galaxy NGC 7814 in the Pegasus constellati…
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Sometimes, an ordinary astrophotography session turns out to be more interesting than the final image itself. That’s exactly what happened…
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When an amateur astronomer discovers astrophotography, the first instinct is usually to photograph the bright, well-known objects in the ni…
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