This terrific image by Sergio Scauso of Villa Maria, Argentina captured Mars just before the moon occulted it on August 9, 2020. NASA APOD for August 15, 2020 Hello, mid-January Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of January 12th, 2025 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends…
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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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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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