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.
Subaru Telescope Captures Three Galaxies: Three Different Stories
May 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomical images compress vast amounts of information into a single frame. A galaxy may appear as a simple patch of light. Still, that light carries…
ToupTek AstroEye AE676C: A Multi-Purpose Astronomy Camera
May 23, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
ToupTek has announced a new astronomy camera, the AstroEye AE676C. The camera is built around Sony’s IMX676 sensor, a 12.5-megapixel square-format detector from the Starvis…
Gemini North Reveals NGC 1514 Nebula: A Crystal Ball in Space
May 22, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Planetary nebulae offer astronomers a unique opportunity to study stellar evolution in real time. These expanding clouds of ionized gas form when aging stars eject…
Askar SQA60 Pro Launches with a Sextuplet Optical Design
May 21, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Askar has expanded its Super Quality Astrograph (SQA) lineup with the introduction of the new SQA60 Pro. The telescope joins a growing category of compact…
Askar launches 131F Refractor: Large-Aperture Flat-Field Imaging
May 20, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The release of the Askar 111F earlier this month showed where Askar wanted to take its flat-field refractor lineup. That telescope combined a quadruplet optical…
Psyche Mission Captures a Crescent Red Planet During Mars Flyby
May 19, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has completed one of the most demanding operations of its deep-space mission. On May 15, 2026, the probe executed a precisely planned…
Four Humans in a Few Pixels: Green Bank Telescope Captures Artemis II Near the Moon
May 18, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
During NASA’s Artemis II mission, the Orion spacecraft travelled hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from Earth while carrying four astronauts around the Moon. Throughout…
NASA’s TESS Reveals a Map of the Sky Filled with Alien Worlds
May 17, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Exoplanet surveys generate enormous volumes of observational data. Space telescopes repeatedly monitor stellar brightness, track subtle photometric variations, and search for periodic transit signatures hidden…
ESA’s Mars Express Reveals a Water-Carved Landscape on Mars
May 16, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
High-resolution orbital imaging has revealed how strongly water shaped the ancient Martian surface. Several valley systems on Mars exhibit geomorphological features indicative of large-scale flooding,…
Hubble Photographs a Galaxy During a Transition in Evolution
May 15, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Galaxies evolve through long and complex physical processes that reshape their structure, gas content, and stellar populations over billions of years. Astronomers understand the broad…