Astrophotography

    The “Golden Comet” has Broken Apart: C/2025 K1 ATLAS Photos
    Nov 20, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has captured the attention of both amateur stargazers and professional astronomers. It is a surprise visitor from the distant Oort Cloud,…

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    This Skydiving Photo Took Six Attempts, Pure Stubbornness, Mad Precision – and Zero AI
    Nov 19, 2025 Dunja Đuđić

    Some photos feel like magic. Others feel like pure miracles. And yet the others are technical marvels. Andrew McCarthy‘s The Fall of Icarus is all…

    Askar SQA130 Launched: A Fast 130 mm Quintuplet Astrograph
    Nov 19, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Askar SQA130 sits in a very particular space in today’s astrophotography market. It is not a lightweight travel refractor. It is also not a…

    Askar SQA55: A Quintuplet Refractor for Wide-field Astrophotography
    Nov 15, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Askar SQA55 is a compact astrograph designed for astrophotographers who want a fast, wide, and highly corrected imaging system. It brings together a short…

    How to Photograph the Northern Lights with a Phone: A Complete Guide
    Nov 13, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Northern Lights feel unreal when they appear. They move across the sky in soft waves. They glow in green, pink, and sometimes even red….

    ESA and NOAA Warn of a Severe Geomagnetic Storm: Aurora Alert
    Nov 12, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Sun has unleashed a major space weather event. On November 11, 2025, an intense X5.1-class solar flare erupted, followed by a fast-moving coronal mass…

    Svbony SV240 Multi-Narrowband Filter: A Solution for Urban Astrophotography
    Nov 6, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astrophotography is no longer limited to those living under pristine, dark skies. With the right tools, even city dwellers can capture impressive images of nebulae,…

    Pegasus Astro Launches FlatMaster Neo 120: A Smart Retractable Flat Panel
    Nov 5, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Creating perfect flat frames is one of the least glamorous yet most critical parts of astrophotography. Every deep-sky photographer knows how vignetting, dust motes, and…

    UMi 17X: A New Harmonic Mount from Proxisky Launched
    Nov 1, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astrophotography has changed dramatically in the past few years. Lightweight telescopes, small imaging sensors, and portable mounts have opened the sky to travellers and night-sky…

    William Optics Pleiades 68: The Next-Generation f/3.8 Astrograph
    Oct 31, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Every once in a while, a telescope design appears that marks a clear step forward in the way imagers work. The William Optics Pleiades 68…