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Telescopes at the ready! Join in NASA’s Hubble Telescope Night Sky Challenge

By Leonie Helm published

News To commemorate the 35th birthday of The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA will be guiding you through the galaxies every day in 2025

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The conjunction of the waning crescent moon with Venus as they were rising low in the northeast dawn sky in southern Alberta, Canada. Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the moon. The sky exhibits the wonderful transition of colours from the orange at the horizon through the spectrum to the blues at top

Astrophotography in December 2024: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month

By Jamie Carter published

astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month.

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First images of a human made object touching a comet

It's the 10-year anniversary of the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 billion-year-old comet

By Leonie Helm published

The spacecraft Philae touched down on the comet in a world-first in November 2014

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Full moon over Glastonbury Tor, UK

How to photograph the 'supermoon' full moon

By Jamie Carter last updated

tutorial Tips for getting great pictures of the full moon in 2024

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Skywatcher 80mm telescope, a QHY269M monochrome camera and a seven position filter wheel containg Red, Green, Blue, Hydrogen Alpha, Oxygen III and Sulphur II filters. Tracking was done using an iOptron CEM70G mount and PHD2 guiding software. It was entirely processed using PixInsight.

Astrophotography in November 2024: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month

By Jamie Carter published

astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month.

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Historic SpaceX launch captured with $17,000 lens from 5 miles away – and it looks freakin' AWESOME

By Mike Harris published

NEWS An astrophotographer has immortalized SpaceX's Starship flight test 5 by renting a $17,000 lens – and it was totally worth it

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Commander Matthew Dominick, a keen astrophotographer, pilot Michael Barratt, and mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin

Watch live coverage of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 return to Earth with a splash

By Leonie Helm published

news Tune in to watch the four astronauts touch down off the coast of Florida after a seven month research mission aboard the International Space Station

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Comet C/2023 A3 - Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is seen in the sky above the artwork Dodekalitten at Lolland southern Zealand, Denmark on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

These amazing images will make you want to photograph Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, before it's too late

By Mike Harris published

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to delight astrophotographers and there's still time to capture the fleeting celestial event

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I photographed the moon with a monster Nikon P1000 bridge camera – here’s what I learned…

By Mike Harris published

I took one giant leap towards stunning moon photos with the Nikon Coolpix P1000’s insane 125x optical zoom. Here’s how I did it in six small steps…

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A man stands outside his tent in a quiet camping scene, pointing a flashlight directly at the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), which shines among countless stars in the night sky, creating a captivating celestial moment.

Get a photo of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight before it disappears for 80,000 years – here's how

By Mike Harris published

How to Photographers have immortalized Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and you can, too. But you'd better be quick – it won't be around for much longer

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