3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (174+ words) Cassiopeia (pronounced kass ee oh pee’ uh) the Queen is one of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize. That’s because its five brightest stars form an asterism that looks like a large letter W. Cassiopeia is observable in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (73+ words) Astronomy Magazine Elisa Neckar is senior production editor of Astronomy magazine, and the editor of the Today in the History of Astronomy feature on Astronomy.com. Get newsletters, updates and special offers via email from Astronomy.com! Astronomy leads the…...

1+ year, 2+ week ago   (218+ words) Alison earned her bachelor’s degree in physics and master’s degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from MIT. During this time, she completed several years of research in the field of planetary science, working on research topics that ranged from…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (294+ words) Astronomy Magazine The Statue of Liberty Nebula (NGC 3576) in Carina glows with intricate ribbons and pillars of gas and dust shaped by powerful stellar winds and radiation from young, massive stars. The imagers used a 6-inch f/7.3 refractor to take…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (159+ words) Astronomy Magazine Whether you’re shooting wide-field Milky Way nightscapes or long exposures of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) through a telescope, using an astromodified DSLR will bring much more color — particularly in the Hydrogen-alpha red region — to your images. (Note: I say…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (193+ words) Allen Hwang from Deming, New Mexico Comet 2025 R3 PANSTARRS climbs through the glow of morning twilight sporting a tail well over 2° long in this view (and running out of frame), captured March 28, 2026, between 5:30 and 5:50 a.m. local time. If projections hold…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (136+ words) March into this month’s new astronomy products Astronomy Magazine Sol 100mm Dedicated Solar Telescope DayStar’s Sol 100 Hydrogen-alpha telescope is a 4-inch instrument that allows safe viewing of normally invisible solar features. The design offers a ¾° field of view and unique coatings,…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (179+ words) Mark Germani from Vancouver, Canada The emission nebula IC 410 is home to the embedded open cluster NGC 1893 as well as the famous Tadpole features, visible just left of center. The region is a stellar nursery where newborn stars are sculpting…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (431+ words) Humanity is obsessed with astronomical record keeping. The Babylonians compiled their first listing of the stars in the 12th century b.c.e. Around 1000 b.c.e., they followed it with an expanded... Humanity is obsessed with astronomical record keeping. The Babylonians compiled their first listing of…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (718+ words) Michael has been fascinated with the stars all his life. His astronomical journey began in third grade, after his parents bought him a set of constellation flash cards. From that day forward, Michael’s goal was to become an astronomer. He…...