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A ring of sunlight remains visible at the midpoint of an annular solar eclipse.

How to see today’s eclipse — and what you shouldn’t do

Anyone can get started with observing, thanks to the Astronomical League’s programs. Here, the author peers through her telescope in the twilight.

Observing Basics

Observing Basics: Supercharge your observing

annular eclipse of the sun

The Sky This Week from October 13 to 20: Annular eclipse over America

The Wok the Hydrogen (WOK) radio telescope provides 24 inches (61 centimeters) of aperture and happens to be the perfect shape for capturing the 21-cm radio emissions of neutral hydrogen.

Telescopes and Equipment

Wok-way to the stars: Radio astronomy with kitchen gear

Deep-Sky Objects

Explore these three great nebulae

Catch this weekend’s annular eclipse: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Venus and Regulus over Italy

The Sky This Week from October 6 to 13: Venus mingles with Regulus

The "Super Moon" Full Moon rises over southern Spain in 2016. Credit: Mark Chinnick (Flickr)

The Sky This Week from September 29 to October 6: The year’s last Super Moon

Full Moon

The Moon, Upcoming Events

See the year’s last Super Moon

Cowboy Nicolas Silva enjoys his view of the total solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, from atop a mountain ridge near Cabalgatas Altos de Cochiguaz, a ranch in Chile’s Elqui Valley. This is the kind of photo you can get when you prepare for the total solar eclipse. Credit: Rick Armstrong

Observing, The Sun

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Astrophotography

Entries open for Indian astrophotography contest

Sunset on the equinox

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