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What is a FITS astrophotography file
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 by Richard Harris
When I first started out in astrophotography, I remember squinting at a folder of strange .fits files and wondering what on Earth I had gotten myself into. After a long night under the stars with my telescope and camera, these files were the fruits of my labor - yet if you clicked on ...
Reflect Orbital satellites could roast the night sky!
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 by Richard Harris
Are you kidding me? As if the ever-growing wall of light pollution from every city, streetlight, and LED billboard wasn’t already bad enough, now we’ve got a startup that wants to beam sunlight back down to Earth at night. Reflect Orbital - backed by Sequoia Capital and Baij...
PARISTAR star party in the Pisgah National Forest
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 by Richard Harris
Each year, amateur astronomers across the Southeast look forward to one of the most accessible and friendly star party weekends in the region: the Star Party at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, better known as PARI. Set in western North Carolina, surrounded by forest and far from city lig...
Gemini North telescope reveals Betelgeuse companion
Saturday, July 26, 2025 by Richard Harris
Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National Science Foundation-funded ‘Alopeke instrument on Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the NSF and operated by NSF NOIRLab. Th...