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As an amateur astrophotographer will tell you, you just don’t get to capture the really interesting objects without spending a ton of money on some decent pieces of kit. Telescope …read more Continue reading A DIY Equatorial Mount Using Harmonic Drives
The winner of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest is an extraordinary shot of a rarely seen “disconnection event” when solar winds break off a part of a comet’s tail. The image is just one highlight of many in the worlds most prestigiou… Continue reading The astonishing winners of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year
The Milky Way is one of the night sky’s most majestic subjects for photography, so it’s no wonder travel blog Capture the Atlas holds an annual competition to highlight it. The 25 winning shots of this year’s Milky Way Photographer of the Year have now… Continue reading Our majestic Milky Way stars in annual astrophotography competition
The Game Boy Camera was the first digital camera that many of us ever interacted with. At the time it was fairly groundbreaking to take pictures without film, even though …read more Continue reading Astrophotography on the Game Boy Camera
If you go to, say, a football game, you probably don’t get to see as much of the game as close as you do when you stay home and watch …read more Continue reading Watching a Spacewalk in Real Time
As winter well and truly grips the northern hemisphere, it’s time once again to dunk on Tesla for leaving some owners out in the cold — literally. It seems that …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 16, 2022
Starting projects is easy. It’s the finishing part that many of us have trouble with. We can hardly imagine completing a project after more than a decade, but seeing the …read more Continue reading A Milky Way Photo Twelve Years in the Making
Getting a closer look at the Moon isn’t particularly difficult; even an absolute beginner can point a cheap telescope towards our nearest celestial neighbor and get some impressive views. But if you’re looking to explore a bit farther, and especially …read more
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Astronomers have captured a stunning image of one of the Milky Way’s neighboring spiral galaxies. The portrait was taken using an instrument that was first created to hunt down dark energy – the enigmatic, invisible force that may be responsible for ac… Continue reading Dark energy instrument snaps breathtaking image of galactic neighbor
In its 12th year, the world’s most spectacular astronomy photography contest continues to deliver stunning images. This selection of winning shots from the 2020 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year span everything from a gorgeously imp… Continue reading Boundless beauty in the 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards