Posts by Author: Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Soumyadeep Mukherjee is an award-winning astrophotographer from India. He has a doctorate degree in Linguistics. His work extends to the sub-genres of nightscape, deep sky, solar, lunar and optical phenomenon photography. He is also a photography educator and has conducted numerous workshops. His works have appeared in over 40 books & magazines including Astronomy, BBC Sky at Night, Sky & Telescope among others, and in various websites including National Geographic, NASA, Forbes. He was the first Indian to win “Astronomy Photographer of the Year” award in a major category.
William Optics Ultra-Cat 131 Anniversary Edition: The Largest Cat Launched
Mar 1, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
William Optics has introduced the Ultra-Cat 131 30th Anniversary Limited Edition. It is a fast, wide-field Petzval astrograph designed for deep-sky imaging systems. The telescope…
JWST’s NIRCam and MIRI Reveal the Complex Structure of PMR 1 Nebula
Feb 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
By observing beyond visible wavelengths with infrared imaging, astronomers can trace both ionized gas and cool dust in evolving stellar systems. The James Webb Space…
ALMA Maps Milky Way’s Turbulent Heart in Its Largest Galactic Centre Survey
Feb 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have unveiled the most extensive high-resolution view of the Milky Way’s inner region ever produced with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The new…
Askar 50P Astrograph Launched: A Fast f/3.8 Wide-Field Telescope
Feb 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Modern-day astrophotography increasingly favors compact, fast optical systems that reduce setup complexity while maintaining field quality. The new Askar 50P has been launched as a…
Two’s Company: ESO’s VLT Caught a Binary Star Reshaping Its Own Nebula
Feb 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Recent observations of the binary system AFGL 4106, obtained with the SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope, provide an unusually clear look at how…
Ring of Fire: ESA’s Proba-2 Captures Annular Solar Eclipse from Space
Feb 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On 17 February 2026, the Sun–Moon–Earth system aligned to a precise geometric configuration that produced an annular solar eclipse. During this configuration, the apparent angular…
James Webb Uncovers a Hidden Supernova Progenitor in NGC 1637
Feb 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Pre-explosion identification of massive stars remains one of the most direct tests of stellar evolution theory. When astronomers detect a progenitor star before core collapse,…
NASA’s Chandra Detects a Sun-Like Star “Blowing Bubbles”
Feb 23, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
High-energy observations have revealed a long-sought feature around a nearby solar analog. Using NASA‘s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, astronomers have detected extended emission around the young…
JWST Reveals Spiral Galaxy NGC 5134 in Unprecedented Detail
Feb 23, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Infrared imaging now drives much of modern galaxy research. By probing wavelengths that penetrate dust, astronomers can trace both embedded star formation and the structure…
James Webb Reveals Uranus’s Aurora in 3D for the First Time
Feb 22, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The thermal structure and ion chemistry of Uranus’s upper atmosphere have remained poorly constrained for decades. Most available measurements trace back to the brief encounter…