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.
Hubble Reveals NGC 2775, Again: A Galaxy That Refuses Simple Labels
Sep 22, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have long divided galaxies into three broad groups: spirals, ellipticals, and lenticulars. The system works for most galaxies, but not for all. Some galaxies…
NASA’s Chandra Captures a Distant Quasar Growing at Record Speed
Sep 22, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomy is often compared to photography on a grand scale. Instead of photography lenses, scientists use telescopes that capture light invisible to our eyes. Instead…
Gaia Creates First 3D Map of Stellar Nurseries in the Milky Way
Sep 19, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have long studied the glowing clouds where stars are born. Telescopes have revealed stunning shapes and vivid colors, but these views are flat. They…
ALMA Captures Exceptional Einstein Cross Revealing Hidden Dark Matter
Sep 19, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomy often produces images that speak louder than technical data. One of the most striking recent examples comes from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)…
ESO Astronomer captures Extremely Large Telescope against Sun and Moon over 4 years
Sep 17, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a striking new image. It shows the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) on Cerro Armazones in northern Chile, framed…
MLAstro SAL-33: A New Budget Harmonic Drive Mount for Astrophotography
Sep 17, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astrophotography has seen a wave of innovation over the past decade. Mounts, once bulky and mechanically limited, have transformed with new technologies that make them…
Hubble Captures Stunning High-Resolution Image of Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy
Sep 16, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Messier 82, also called the Cigar Galaxy, lies about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Astronomers classify it as a starburst galaxy,…
Blood Moon Photos: The Total Lunar Eclipse of September 2025
Sep 15, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On the night of September 7–8, 2025, the world witnessed one of the grandest spectacles of the sky. A total lunar eclipse, lasting more than…
How to find and photograph Comet SWAN 25B: A Fleeting New Visitor
Sep 14, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Every so often, the sky drops us a surprise. This September, that surprise came in the form of Comet SWAN 25B, a faint, misty traveler…
Perseverance Rover Photographs the “Clearest Sign Yet” of Life on Mars
Sep 12, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA has revealed a finding from the Perseverance rover that is capturing the attention of the scientific community. The rover’s analysis of a Martian rock…