astrophotography
Catching Sunlight: A TEDx Talk by DIY Solar Photographer Alan Friedman
Video poster frame shows Alan Friedman's 90mm hydrogen alpha telescope setup -- nicknamed "Little Big Man" -- on an Astro-Physics…
Amazing Video of a Lunar Occultation
Captured on camera by astrophotographer Rafael Defavari from his location in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, this video shows the…
One of the Largest Astronomical Images Ever Made
The northern portion of the Cygnus Loop, as seen in an enormous new panorama from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)…
The Man Who Shoots Space: Interview with Thierry Legault
We've written many articles to share the incredible astrophotography of Thierry Legault, and have also interviewed him extensively about his…
A Branching “Tree” of Solar Plasma
Hydrogen-alpha photo of the Sun by Alan Friedman An enormous tree-shaped prominence spreads its "branches" tens of thousands of miles…
The Moon from Earth As You’ve Never Seen it Before
The Morteus region on the Moon, taken from the suburbs of Paris, France. Credit: Thierry Legault. Used by permission. Think…
Watch Jupiter Get Hit in the Original HD Video
Caught on webcam by amateur astronomer George Hall in Dallas, Texas, the impact on Jupiter that occurred yesterday at 6:35 a.m.…
Astrophoto: Milky Way Over the Bungle Bungles by Mike Salway
Photographer Mike Salway recently took a trip to the western Australia Kimberly Region of the Outback, and has posted some…
The “Deep Blue Sea” of the Sun
Looking like an intricate pen-and-ink illustration, the complex and beautiful structures of the Sun's surface come to life in yet…
Big Sunspot; Little Chinese Space Station
[/caption] Astrophotographer extraordinaire Thierry Legault has made a name for himself with his images of spacecraft transiting across the face…