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Greetings, stargazers. Spring is galaxy season for many amateur astronomers. However, when looking through an eyepiece instead of a camera for astrophotography, you might think of this as the season ...
In the early part of the month, look to the west at nightfall for the constellation that topped the wintry array of bright ...
In the early part of the month, look to the west at nightfall for the constellation Auriga, the charioteer, a polygon of stars set off by brilliant Capella.
A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.
Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky this week.
Trace the history of Lockheed, from the L-10 Electra to the L-1049 Super Constellation and the TriStar, highlighting key ...
In April the iconic stars of Orion and other famous winter constellations drop westward as they begin ... Capella is known for exhibiting different colors and rapid twinkling when it’s near the ...
Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical data at the university.
The Red Planet now hangs below Castor and Pollux, the two 1st-magnitude stars marking the heads of Gemini the Twins, high above Canis Major and Orion and ... its orange-red color, which comes ...
“Salt crystallization had affected the colors and caused some flaking ... (left to right) the constellation Orion; Sothis, or the star Sirius; and Anukis, goddess of the annual Nile flood.