The Sun’s chromosphere. It appears deep red when observed in the Hα spectral line. Credit: BBSO/NJIT.…
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Astro Blog
Stargazing Calendar for December 2024
Geminids meteor shower over Kitt Peak National Observatory. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks (NSF’s NOIRLab). License: CC BY…
How Did Mars Get Its Name?
Mars in true color, as captured by the Hope orbiter. Credit: Kevin Gill. License: CC BY…
Stargazing Calendar for November 2024
Photograph of Uranus in true color by Voyager 2 in 1986. Get ready to look up—November…
Stargazing Calendar for October 2024
The 2023 annular solar eclipse from Southern Utah. Credit: Daniel Pick. License: CC BY 4.0. October…
NGC 6355 – A Guide to the Globular Cluster
Globular cluster NGC 6355. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen. License: CC BY 4.0.…
Stargazing Calendar for September 2024
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on 10 June 2024. Credit: Wikipedia user C messier. License: CC BY-SA…
An Intriguing Double Star Cluster
NGC 1850 double star cluster in the Dorado constellation, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit:…
Stargazing Calendar for August 2024
Perseid meteor shower peak in 2023. Credit: Jim Vajda. License: CC BY 2.0. Get ready for…
Stargazing Calendar for July 2024
Artist’s view of bright spots on Ceres based on a detailed map of the surface compiled…