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.
Askar Launches WAF: Worm-and-Gear Automatic Telescope Focuser
Aug 18, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Nailing the focus is essential in every genre of photography, and astrophotography is no exception. Even a small focus error can affect every exposure in…
This is the Largest 2D Map of the Universe With 4 Billion Objects
Aug 15, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Do you remember the largest 3D map of the universe released a few months back? We now have something new, again. Astronomers have released the…
James Webb Reveals Dust and Water Around a Star Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Aug 12, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The central region of the Milky Way contains one of the most extreme stellar environments in our galaxy. At its center lies Sagittarius A*, a…
Three Telescopes Together Reveal a Colorful Tarantula in Space
Aug 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
At a distance of about 160,000 light-years, the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) gives astronomers a close view of processes that shape star-forming regions across galaxies….
James Webb Telescope Reveals a Lion-faced Nebula in Space
Aug 10, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Planetary nebulae mark one of the final stages in the lives of stars with relatively low masses. They form when a dying star loses its…
Perseverance Captures Earth Passing Behind Phobos from Mars
Aug 9, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On July 2, 2026, the Perseverance rover pointed its Mastcam-Z cameras towards the evening sky above Jezero Crater. The rover was looking for a specific…
This is the Highest-Resolution Image Ever of Our Sun’s Surface
Aug 8, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For most of human history, the Sun was a featureless disc. Even after Galileo turned a telescope towards it, observers could see little beyond sunspots…
James Webb Opens a ‘Treasure Chest’ Filled with Young Stars
Aug 7, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Deep inside the Carina Nebula, a young cluster of stars is fighting its way out of the cloud that gave it birth. The region is…
Very Large Telescope Captures 44 Nysa: A Strange Three-Lobed Asteroid
Aug 6, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Asteroid 44 Nysa has spent nearly 170 years as an entry in the main-belt catalogue: bright, rocky, and difficult to resolve from Earth. Its diameter…
Rubin Observatory Captures 500,000 Galaxies in a Single Image
Jul 31, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For decades, astronomers have returned to the same small region of sky to answer some of the biggest questions in cosmology. Known as the COSMOS…