Archives of Photography

iPhone Astrophotography: Apple’s 4-Year Roadmap to DSLR-Quality Star Shots?

If you’ve been following the rumor mill today, the folks over at MacRumors just dropped a bombshell regarding Apple’s possible “four-part plan” for the iPhone camera.  If true, Apple is playing the long game, rolling out these features over the next several years. Let’s look at the roadmap for how the iPhone could evolve into a legitimate […]
3 days ago

Satellite Interference Is Becoming a Serious Threat to the Night Sky

Satellite interference is no longer a minor annoyance for astrophotographers and skywatchers, it’s becoming a major problem. For astrophotographers and casual skywatchers alike, satellite streaks are becoming one of the biggest new headaches in the night sky. What used to be an occasional surprise in a long exposure is now showing up more and more […]
1 month ago

Webb Snaps Amazing Details in Horsehead Nebula and Background Galaxies

Credit: The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations show a part of the iconic nebula in a whole new light, capturing its complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution. The first image (left), released in […]
2 years ago

Webb Reveals Famous Ring Nebula in Astounding Detail

This visual shows two images side by side of the Ring Nebula. The image on the left shows Webb’s NIRCam view and the image on the right shows Webb’s MIRI image. The left image shows the planetary nebula as a distorted donut with a rainbow of colours with a blue/green inner cavity and clear filamental […]
3 years ago

Light Pollution Affects Most Astronomical Observatories around the World

Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky above most observatories and that immediate action is needed to decrease the amount of contamination coming from artificial light. The work was published in Monthly Notices […]
3 years ago

Webb Catches Baby Stars Forming in Cosmic Hourglass

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527 with its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), providing insight into the formation of a new star. These blazing clouds within the Taurus star-forming region are only visible in infrared light, making it an ideal target for Webb. […]
3 years ago

Stunning Reveal of Iconic Pillars of Creation by Webb

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape – the iconic Pillars of Creation – where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and […]
4 years ago

Hubble Shows Off Violent Starbirth

The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig–Haro objects HH 1 and HH 2 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts. Both objects are in the constellation Orion and lie around 1250 light-years from Earth. HH 1 is the luminous cloud above the bright star in the upper right of this image, […]
4 years ago
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