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Geminid meteor shower 2022

Observing, Upcoming Events

How to see the Geminid meteor shower this week

Upcoming Events

See the Geminids: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

The constellation Orion

Upcoming Events

The famous star Betelgeuse will briefly disappear tonight

Travel southeast from Capella to capture Auriga’s targets. The chart at right zooms in on the Happy Face asterism.

Deep-Sky Objects

Binocular Universe: Winter’s first act

Geminid meteor above India

The Sky This Week from December 8 to 15: The Geminids’ time to shine

Saturn, post-processed in PixInsight. Credit: Molly Wakeling

Observing Basics

Observing Basics: How you can take sharp pictures of the planets

Located near the bright star Rigel, IC 2118 is a faint reflection nebula spanning almost 70 light-years and is popularly known as the Witch Head Nebula. Mukherjee used Telescope Live to acquire 12 hours of data from Australia with a Takahashi FSQ106ED, FLI PL16083, Paramount MX+, and Astrodon LRGB filters.

Astrophotography

Meet one of the fastest growing astroimaging communities

Deep-Sky Objects

Explore the Pleiades: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

The giant sunspot AR 3354 on June 29, 2023.

Secret Sky: Seeing sunspots on paper

Mercury over the Danube River

The Sky This Week from December 1 to 8: Mercury stands east of the Sun

A Full Beaver Moon Rising

The Sky This Week from November 24 to December 1: Celebrate November’s Full Beaver Moon

It may not look like much, but capturing photons from the distant quasar 3C 273 is one of the most awe-inspiring observations you can make with a small telescope.

Deep-Sky Objects

Target acquired: Observe Quasar 3C 273