This spectacular image by my friend Andrea Girones was taken recently at Morant’s Curve, Alberta using a DSLR with a 20mm lens on a star tracking mount. It captures the arc of faintly glowing reddish hydrogen gas around Orion and the nimbus around his head (at left), the bright compact Rosette Nebula (upper left), Mars…
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As shown above, on Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 6:14 to 6:21 am EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow just above the northwestern horizon and flying through both dippers before setting below the east-southeastern horizon near Venus. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial…
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Prominent features on the moon for unaided eyes, binoculars, and backyard telescopes have been marked on this image by Michael Watson of Toronto. While none of the equipment is visible from Earth, the red numerals mark the Apollo landing sites. Hello, Mid-winter Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of February 18th, 2024…
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As shown above, on Monday, February 19, 2024 from 6:17 to 6:23 am EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow above the west-southwestern horizon and flying through both dippers before setting below the northeastern horizon. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites are visible because…
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Adrien Klamerius took this image of the Heart (upper left) and Soul (lower right) nebulas in Cassiopeia, also known as IC 1805 and IC 1848, respectively. The Double Cluster as at top centre. The area of sky covers about 10 degrees, or a fist diameter. NASA APOD for Sep 24, 2016 Hello, Night Sky Lovers!…
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As shown above, on Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 6:17 to 6:23 am EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow above the southwestern horizon and passing through the Summer Triangle stars before setting in the east-northeastern sky. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial…
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The beautiful Rosette Nebula in Monoceros consists of a circular patch of glowing hydrogen gas and an internal star cluster, created as the hydrogen gas collapsed. Stan Noble tool this image, which was featured as the SkyNews picture of the week for November 3, 2017, in Aneroid, Saskatchewan. The image spans about two finger widths…
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