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Astronomy in November 2025

This month offers a bit of everything: a once-in-a-lifetime interstellar visitor passing through, a brilliant supermoon lighting up the sky, two bright comets fading out after their October glory, planets dancing in interesting ways, and even a couple of meteor showers (plus the promise of the auroras glimmering for those far north). It&rsq...

Supernova light echo captured by Hubble

It’s not every day that a telescope 340 miles above Earth drops a view that feels more like science fiction than astrophysics, but when Hubble turned its attention toward a stellar explosion that happened ten million years ago, it gave the world something close to time travel. Not the shiny, whirring-machine kind. Something quieter. Slower. You’re not steppi...

Backyard telescope for $600,000

If you’ve ever dreamed of having a $600,000 backyard telescope, the CDK1000 from PlaneWave Instruments is about as high-end as it gets. When you stand before something like the PlaneWave CDK1000, it’s not just about looking through a telescope, it’s about looking into the very fabric of the universe. At first glance, sure, the price tag could rival a l...

Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi

Sky-Watcher's Star Adventurer GTi equatorial mount offers full GoTo performance in a compact and portable design. Priced at $740.00, this mount caters to astrophotographers seeking a lightweight and versatile solution for deep space, widefield, and nightscape photography. Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi The Star Adventurer GTi boasts an 11-pound payload capaci...