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Astro Scout: A new landscape astrophotography planning tool
Monday, September 14, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Astrophotography planning usually starts with a question that sounds simple enough: where will the thing I want to photograph actually be? The Sun, Moon, Milky Way, planets, and stars are predictable. We have plenty of software capable of telling us when something rises, where it will be in the s...
DarkSky Petition Urges FCC to Reverse Space Mirror Approval
Thursday, August 13, 2026 by Richard Harris
DarkSky and a coalition of scientific, environmental, and civic organizations have filed a formal petition urging the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider and reverse its approval of an experimental orbital space mirror project. The petition asks the agency to pause the authorization whil...
Lunar surface impact from Falcon 9 creates rare observing opportunity
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Most lunar impacts arrive without warning. A small meteoroid strikes the Moon and produces a flash that may last less than a second. Unless a telescope and camera happen to be pointed at the right location at the right time, the moment is gone before anyone knows it happened. The Falcon 9 uppe...
Reflect Orbital Space Mirror Approved by FCC: What It Means for Astronomy
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 by Richard Harris
There are moments when technological progress genuinely feels like progress. We develop cleaner energy, better batteries, more efficient solar panels and smarter electrical grids. Then there are moments when it feels as if we have completely gone off the rails - I feel personally, this is one of tho...