Posts by Author: Soumyadeep Mukherjee

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.

    NovaStar Scarlet A62Q: A Telescope Made for Affordable Astrophotography
    Feb 19, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Small apochromatic refractors have become central to modern entry-level astrophotography. Their closed-tube design, modest weight, and predictable optical behavior make them attractive to new imagers….

    Hubble Reveals CDG-2: One of the Darkest Galaxies Ever Found
    Feb 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Deep imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unusually faint stellar system embedded in the Perseus Cluster. The object, designated Candidate Dark Galaxy-2…

    These Out-of-the-world Images were Shot with Smartphones
    Feb 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Smartphone astrophotography has changed dramatically in recent years. A few years ago, phones struggled to record faint stars. Today, many modern models capture the Milky…

    “Love from Above”: ESA’s Sentinel-2 Reveals Egypt’s Heart from Space
    Feb 17, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Multispectral Earth observation has transformed how scientists monitor vegetation, water distribution, and land use across arid regions. Among the most capable systems in this domain…

    Lunt 60 mm Universal Telescope: A Modular Solar and Night Refractor
    Feb 16, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Hydrogen-alpha solar telescopes have traditionally served a single purpose. Most instruments in this category focus exclusively on daytime chromospheric work. As a result, observers often…

    Cosmic Heartbeat of Mira A: ALMA and VLT Captures Heart-Shaped “Lighthouse”
    Feb 16, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    High-angular-resolution observations of evolved stars often reveal complex circumstellar structures. However, few systems have produced results as unexpected as the recent study of Mira A….

    Altair Sentinus AllSky Camera Dome Housing: A New Enclosure for Sky Monitoring
    Feb 15, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    All-sky imaging has become a standard tool in serious amateur astronomy. Observers now run permanent sky monitors to track clouds, capture meteors, and create long-term…

    A Cosmic Heart: Chandra’s X-Ray View of the Cocoon Nebula
    Feb 12, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    NASA has released a new composite image of the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The image highlights a nearby…

    Rubin Observatory Captured Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Before Its Discovery
    Feb 11, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory recorded interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in wide-field commissioning data approximately ten days before its official discovery. Astronomers later identified the…

    ZWO FF65 APO Refractor: A Compact Full-Frame Astrograph
    Feb 11, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Deep-sky astrophotography looks for tight star profiles, controlled chromatic aberration, and a flat focal plane across increasingly large sensors. As full-frame astronomy cameras become common,…