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The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) is a reflection and emission nebula that lies 4,000 light-years away in Cygnus. The author captured this image with HαRGB filters and exposures of six, three, three, and three hours, respectively.

Telescopes and Equipment

Review: The amazing Stellarvue 180mm refractor

NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy, was imaged with a ZWO ASI294MC Pro on a Takahashi FSQ-106N with 18 hours and 50 minutes of exposure.

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing Basics

Here are a few targets Messier missed that are worth a visit

During the dry season at Botswana’s Makgadikgadi salt pan, temperature inversions lead to all manner of mirages.

Observing, The Sun

Secret Sky: Tropical Novaya Zemlya effects

Mercury during 2023

Sky This Month: March 2024

Zodiacal light

The Sky This Week from March 1 to 8: False dusk gently glows

A stunning long-exposure photograph of the Perseid meteors 2023. The vertical Milky Way gives off the illusion that the inactive Mount Erciyes volcano, is active again! Credit: Kayseri Erciyes A.Ş. Ski Resort.

Astronomy invites you to view the Perseids from an inactive Turkish volcano

Full Moon over the Grand Canyon

The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon

Vaonis’ Vespera is a portable smart scope that can be used for night — or day — sky viewing.

Telescopes and Equipment

Vaonis’ Vespera smart scope reviewed

A woman using the Unistellar app on a device to operate the Unistellar eQuinox 2 telescope.

Telescopes and Equipment

The Unistellar eQuinox 2 scope reviewed

The Moon’s shadow falls on Green River Lakes, Wyoming, during the Aug. 21, 2017, solar eclipse in this composite image.

2024 Solar Eclipse

How to view the 2024 eclipse, a step-by-step planning guide

Polaris lights up the Little Bear in the north.

Deep-Sky Objects

Binocular Universe: Northward bound

Countless people find astronomy fun, and for many good reasons.

Strange Universe: Celestial fun