Abby Ferguson Now is the time to celebrate the stars in your family with a cheaper, brand-new telescope, thanks to Memorial Day and Father’s Day deals. From May 26 to June 25, Unistellar is offering $500 cash back on its easy-to-use smart telescopes. It is a rebate offer, not a sale, so you’ll have to… Continue reading The best Memorial Day telescope deals
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The James Webb Telescope just sent back these amazing images of a dying star
Wolf-Rayet stars are known to be efficient dust producers, and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows this to great effect. Cooler cosmic dust glows at the longer mid-infrared wavelengths, displaying the structure of WR 124’s nebula. The nebula is made of material cast off from the aging star in random… Continue reading The James Webb Telescope just sent back these amazing images of a dying star
The best galaxy projectors for 2023
Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Sega Toys Homestar Flux SEE IT Best budget BlissLights Sky Lite – LED Laser Star Projector SEE IT Best for kids Fortally Nebula Star Projector 360 Degree SEE IT Galaxy projectors mimic… Continue reading The best galaxy projectors for 2023
The best budget projectors in 2023
Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Kodak Luma 150 Pocket Projector SEE IT A palm-sized projector at a good price. Best for movies Epson Home Cinema 2200 3-chip 3LCD 1080p Projector SEE IT A bright option with great… Continue reading The best budget projectors in 2023
The best telescopes for beginners in 2023
Denis Degioanni, Unsplash We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best for looking at planets Sky Watcher Classic 250 Dobsonian 10-inch Aperture Telescope SEE IT A large Dobsonian telescope for checking out planets. Best computerized Celestron NexStar 130SLT Computerized Telescope SEE IT A… Continue reading The best telescopes for beginners in 2023
Unistellar’s new eQuinox 2 smart telescope allows for stargazing from cities
Unistellar Astrophotographers and stargazers alike will tell you that light pollution absolutely ruins our view of space. Die-hards will go to great lengths in order to escape the intrusive glow that comes from illuminated cities. Unistellar’s new eQuinox 2 smart telescope, however, promises to help prevent those stray rays from ruining your attempts to view… Continue reading Unistellar’s new eQuinox 2 smart telescope allows for stargazing from cities
Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
“Back to the spaceship,” runner-up, People & Space category. © Mihail Minkov An aurora dances, illuminating the night sky. The Milky Way stretches across snowy mountain tops. An abstracted view of the sun and moon. These images and more make up the winning cohort for this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, which are… Continue reading Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
Dark energy camera snaps a mouthwatering 570-megapixel image of the ‘Lobster Nebula’
“This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, captures the star-forming nebula NGC 6357, which is located 8000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Scorpius. This image reveals bright, young… Continue reading Dark energy camera snaps a mouthwatering 570-megapixel image of the ‘Lobster Nebula’
Turn up the heat with these fiery, up-close images of our sun
“The first images of the chromosphere—the area of the Sun’s atmosphere above the surface—taken with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on June 3rd, 2022. The image shows a region 82,500 kilometers across at a resolution of 18 km. This image is taken at 486.13 nanometers using the hydrogen-beta line from the Balmer series”. NSO/AURA/NSF… Continue reading Turn up the heat with these fiery, up-close images of our sun
The Tarantula Nebula will ensnare you in a web of beauty
“In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of never-before-seen young stars that were previously shrouded in cosmic dust. The most active region appears to sparkle with massive young stars, appearing pale blue. Scattered among them are… Continue reading The Tarantula Nebula will ensnare you in a web of beauty