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4 resultsEuclid mission reveals 5 new panoramas of the universe
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
The first release of scientific data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid mission features five wide-view images of spectacular stellar nurseries and distant galaxies, sharp and deep in vision. The broad view of the Early Release Observations of the Euclid observed five images released. Up to now, the mission has released five pieces in total of scientific ...
Lucky Imaging technique captures M51 in vivid detail
Sunday, May 19, 2024 by Robert Majewski
I decided to image Deep Sky objects with available software a number of years ago. However, I found a number of problems, like the autoguiding calibration code that failed to calibrate for various reasons, and guide stars were hard to find. So, I decided to write my own software for DSO image acquisition. The "Lucky Image" M51 image was taken with an 8...
Voyager 1 phones home for first time since 2023
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the Voyager mission team convened on April 20, 2024, in anticipation of updates on Voyager 1's recent technical challenges. At 6:40 AM, the team erupted in celebration upon receiving engineering data from Voyager 1 for the first time since November 2023. This breakthrough occurred after the team had rep...
50 hours on the M106 galaxy at 1200mm astrophoto stuns community
Monday, May 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
Amateur astronomer Colin Mitchell spent three months under stormy Ohio skies to collect over 50 hours of data on Messier 106 (M106). Despite battling significant light pollution near Akron, Colin's dedication and patience culminated in a spectacular photograph of this intermediate spiral galaxy. Using a 12" f/4 Newtonian telescope and an ASI2600MC camera, he re...
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