Pentax PF-85EDA Spotting Scope Promises Comfortable Birdwatching and Stargazing
Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation announced the Pentax PF-85EDA spotting scope, a portable terrestrial telescope designed for birdwatching and nature observations.
Capture the Cosmos in Ultra HD With the Vaonis Vespera II Smart Telescope
Vaonis has announced the next-generation Vespera smart telescope. The aptly named Vespera II includes significant upgrades, including a longer focal length, higher resolution, and more expansive internal storage.
Unistellar’s New $4,000 Odyssey Pro Smart Telescope Has Nikon Optics
Unistellar, makers of intelligent, automated telescopes like the eQuinox 2, announced two new telescopes at CES: the Odyssey and the Odyssey Pro.
Stunning Photo of Hunter’s Moon Rising Over The World’s Largest Telescope
A team working on the construction of the world's largest space telescope captured this incredible photo of the full Hunter's Moon rising behind it.
Unistellar eQuinox 2 Review: An Expensive But Easy Telescope Camera
Most "serious" astrophotographers will balk at the idea of a smart telescope. While it may miss some of the professional level tools, resolution, and precision, the $2,499 eQuinox 2 from Unistellar does provide easy access to the cosmos for up to 10 viewers at a time, making it a great (albeit expensive) tool for beginners and casual stargazers to enjoy viewing interstellar objects in minutes.
Vaonis Hestia is the First Smartphone Telescope for Astrophotography
Vaonis has announced the Hestia, what it calls the first-ever smartphone telescope for taking photos of the cosmos. It is outfitted with the tools to photograph the Sun, Moon, and stars without complex hardware or extensive knowledge of astronomy.
Unistellar’s New Smart Solar Filter Lets Its Telescopes Photograph the Sun
Unistellar has announced a new Smart Solar Filter for use with its smart telescopes, allowing them to be able to photograph the sun and observe sunspots in real-time.
How One Astrophotographer Made a New Scientific Discovery
Astrophotographer Bray Falls recently posted a series of striking images on Instagram that instantly caught PetaPixel's eye. Falls' photos aren't just visually stunning; they represent a brand-new discovery, a significant accomplishment for any astrophotographer.
SuperBIT Telescope Captures Space from a Stadium-Sized Balloon
The Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was recently carried about 20.5 miles (32.9 kilometers) above Earth's surface on a massive NASA helium balloon, capturing the balloon-based telescope's first research images.
Researchers Unveil Novel AI Algorithm That Can Unblur the Cosmos
While vital to humanity's existence on Earth, the planet's atmosphere is a major nuisance for astronomers trying to learn more about what's beyond Earth. The cosmos would be much easier to study without the pesky atmosphere. Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago and Tsinghua University in Beijing have unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered approach to cleaning up images captured by ground-based telescopes.
Single Flat Lens Used to Photograph the Moon for the First Time Ever
A Penn State-led research team has developed a flat, single-lens telescope that was able to capture clear images of the moon. Known as a metalens, it achieved far greater resolution and imaging distance than any metalens before it.
Gorgeous Photo of a Distant Nebula Took 81 Hours to Capture
Husband and wife photographer team Antoine and Dalia Grelin spent 81 hours capturing a photo of NGC 2264, a large and colorful nebula 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, not far from the famous Orion Nebula.
Unistellar’s New eQuinox 2 Telescope Can See Through Light Pollution
Unistellar has announced the eQuinox 2, a smart telescope that it says is so powerful that even users in light-polluted cities and suburbs can gaze upon everything from planets in the Solar System to galaxies far beyond.
NASA’s NEOWISE Telescope Has Taken a 12-Year Timelapse of the Entire Sky
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE, spacecraft captures images in all directions as it circles the Sun. Using all 18 sky maps it has taken thus far, scientists have created what they say is a timelapse movie of the sky that spans more than a decade.
Photographer Captures Jupiter and Its Moons Rising Above a Barn
Photographer Brennan Gilmore took advantage of Jupiter's closest position to Earth in the last 59 years and captured a photo of the gas giant along with its four Galilean moons over the roof of a barn.
Vaonis Vespera Review: Easy To Use But with Underwhelming Results
The Vaonis Vespera Observation Station is a small robotic telescope designed to be smart and fully automated, taking the guesswork out of astronomy and making it easy for beginners to start their journey.
New Super-Powerful Solar Telescope Captures Detailed Photos of the Sun
The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) is celebrating the successful inauguration of the world's most powerful solar telescope, the Inouye Solar Telescope, through a pair of extremely detailed photos of the Sun's chromosphere.
Huge 145MP Photo Shows Two of the Sun’s Atmospheres at Once
Talented astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has posted a wonderous 145-megapixel image of the sun he captured with a specially modified telescope.
$1B Giant Magellan Telescope to Have 4x the Resolution of James Webb
The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered, has secured a new $205M funding infusion that will be used to accelerate its construction. When finished, it will be four times more powerful than the James Webb Space Telescope.
Photographer Creates DIY Telescope to Snap Incredible Photos of the Moon
A photographer has used his 3D printer to create an impressive 900mm reflector telescope that is so simple to put together that "it’s like assembling furniture from IKEA."
Telescope Made from Multiple Canon Lenses is Hunting for Galaxies
Canon has partnered with an Australian university to bundle 10 Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS II lenses together into what they call the Huntsman Telescope to scout the skies from the Southern Hemisphere.
Pillars of Creation: $16B Space Telescope vs $500 Backyard Photo
Photographer Andrew McCarthy recreated NASA's famous "Pillars of Creation" photograph of the Eagle Nebula using a $500 telescope.
Photographer Captures the ISS Crossing the Sun From His Backyard
Astrophotographer Jamie Cooper captured an incredible photograph of the International Space Station passing in front of the sun from his backyard garden.
May is the Best Time to Photograph the Unusual ‘Black Eye’ Galaxy
Messier 64, otherwise known as M64 or the Black Eye galaxy, resides about 17 million light-years away, but during the month of May it is actually observable with a moderately-sized telescope and can be photographed from Earth.
Milky Way Explodes Into View During Lunar Eclipse
A total lunar eclipse wowed viewers around the world this week and in one timelapse video, it can be seen dramatically cutting the light of the night sky to such a degree that the Milky Way suddenly bursts into view.
Strange ‘Flying Whirlpool’ in Hawaii’s Night Sky Caused by SpaceX Rocket
A strange, bright, swirling mass was seen over the skies of Hawaii and was captured on camera by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera located on Mauna Kea. While some might have thought it was a UFO, it was actually caused by a SpaceX Rocket.
Webb’s MIRI Camera Reaches its Critical Supercooled ‘Pinch Point’
One of the James Webb Space Telescope's key instruments that will allow it to see some of the first galaxies that ever formed has passed a critical milestone. The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) has reached an operating temperature of minus 447 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA Liquid Lens Space Telescope Could be 100 Times the Size of Webb
NASA's huge new James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, but the agency is already looking toward the future. It is currently exploring the possibility of creating liquid lenses to make a gigantic telescope perhaps 100 times the size of the Webb.
This Telescope FPV Timelapse Shows What Astrophotography Feels Like
My love of astronomy started way back as a child when my dad bought a Celestron C8 telescope. I remember spending hours with him searching to find a single dark sky object. This love of the night sky stuck with me and it wasn't until 2012 I made a New Year's resolution to go out for one night each month near the new moon to do astronomy, astrophotography, and time-lapse of the night sky.
Photographer Spots Astronauts on Spacewalk Outside ISS from Earth
Last week, two astronauts spacewalked outside the International Space Station (ISS) to make repairs and perform maintenance on the structure. Astrophotographer Dr. Sebastian Voltmer managed to photograph the astronauts outside the space station from his backyard.