Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero Galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its ...

Do you remember the first time you truly discovered the universe? When I was a teenager, many moons ago, I bought my first telescope, a Celestron 8. I remember excitedly unboxing it the day it arrived ...

You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a knowledgeable observer. But while researching ...

Photographer Alan Dyer observes the star clusters Messier 7 and Messier 6 near the horizon above Montana’s Sweetgrass Hills—two of the deep-sky objects included in the Messier Marathon. Alan Dyer, ...

Shannon Silverman, an Astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. In episode four she shows us some Deep Sky Objects. Almost ...

Astrophotography, and astronomy in general, takes some fairly specialized tools and a high amount of precision. Setting up the equipment can also take a lot of time, especially for amateurs traveling ...

September stargazing begins with Saturn rising in the east on the first day of the month with its largest moon, Titan, shining brightly on the ringed planet's southern edge. On Sept. 8, the sixth ...