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18 August 2008
August 17, 2008 Partial Lunar Eclipse Caught "Down Under"
If you read this week's SkyWatcher's Forecast, then you knew several areas of the world were in for a partial lunar eclipse event. While the Moon basically just did a glancing pass through the umbral shadow, the effect was still dramatic and I was hoping that at least one photographer out there would have [...]
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04 August 2008
The Colors Of Summer - Albireo and Ras Algethi By Dietmar Hager
Summertime conjurs up great images of enjoying a double dip ice cream cone, and what more wonderful way to enjoy than with two flavors? Would you like to have some fun while the Moon waxes this coming week? Then invite someone along for the ride and let's take a look at how differently people [...]
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07 July 2008
The Cosmic Cocoon: IC 5146 by Tom V. Davis
Out in the deep reaches of space, a cocoon has formed. Here on Earth, a cocoon represents the casing of a pupae - the child/insect which is about to undergo a magnificent transformation into a beautiful moth or butterfly. So what does the cosmic cocoon, IC 5146, hide inside? Let's take a [...]
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30 June 2008
Cosmic Mystery: NGC 7008 by Dietmar Hager
Over the weeks we've taken a look at some very curious objects which have often raised some wonderful questions. One such question dealt with what could be observed should a supernova event involve a planetary system. In this case, it's not quite the explosive mass destruction scenario - but a planetary nebula that consumed its [...]
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26 June 2008
Reaching for the Ring: M57 by Dietmar Hager
For those of us old enough to remember riding on an old fashioned carousel, there was once a quaint custom where the operator would hold a brass ring out and the lucky contestant who captured it could ride again for free. Before you dismiss this astrophotograph as just another colorful look at a [...]
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23 June 2008
NGC 6302 by Don Goldman
Over the weeks we've looked at a lot of curious objects and today is no exception. NGC 6302 is often called the "Bug Nebula", but its resemblance to an insect isn't what makes it unique - it's the complex structure. Deep inside this bipolar planetary nebula lay an unseen star… One of the [...]
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21 June 2008
Photographer Images Satellites That Do Not Exist
Trevor Paglen is an astrophotographer with a difference… he takes photos of satellites that are not there. Officially "not there", anyway. He spends many nights surveying the skies, waiting for classified spy satellites to pass overhead. When one appears, after researching what is actually out there (which is a hard task, these things are not [...]
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16 June 2008
Simeis 147 by Davide De Martin
If you think we're looking straight down the maul of the "Doomsday Machine", you'd be pretty much correct. While the fictionalized Star Trek account had the planet killer slowly destroying a distant solar system, this particular "star eater" is very real and still exists along the Auriga-Taurus border… (...)Read the rest of Simeis 147 by [...]
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09 June 2008
Hanny's Voorwerp - Still Alive and Kicking….
Back a few month's ago, we had an article about Galaxy Zoo. In essence, it's a type of consortium that studies galaxies and works towards classifying them. In the process of studying the images, they made a rather unusual discovery… One that's still around. (...)Read the rest of Hanny's Voorwerp - Still Alive and [...]
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30 April 2008
Spirit's Dust Dilemma
Steve Squyres and the Mars Exploration Rover team knew from the beginning that dust could cause a problem for the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. When a thick layer of dust coats the solar panels, it blocks the sunlight that provides power to the six-wheeled robots. In the summer of 2007 a [...]
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15 April 2008
Universe Today Exclusive - Cygnus Nova V2491 Revealed for Readers
Clouds got you down? No chance of seeing V2491 Cyg because of the weather? Are you sleeping when Cygnus is up? One of the most beautiful facets of having an astronomer around is being able to share information with other observatories around the world and put them to work. This time [...]
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07 April 2008
Universe Today Astronomy Picture of the Week - NGC 6188: An Interstellar Portrait
Just one glimpse at this photo by Don Goldman tells a thousand words. Residing in the southern constellation of Ara, this incredible dust cloud is at home in Ara OB1 association, which covers a full degree of sky. Some 4000 light years away in the disk of our Galaxy, NGC 6188 sprawls across [...]

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24 January 2008
New Chandra Image Is Eye Candy
This picture is too gorgeous not to share it. A new Chandra X-ray telescope image shows a beautiful, dense region of massive stars in the Centaurus constellation. It almost appears as though someone threw a handful of colored candies out into space. Known as Westerlund 2, this star cluster has been a [...]
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10 August 2007
Gallery of Astrophotographers at Wired
You know I try and feature great amateur astrophotographers here on Universe Today. Wired Magazine tapped into this, and had me write a feature article for their website, highlighting some of my favourite astrophotographers and their impressive gear. The article highlights 11 photographers, gives you a breakdown of the equipment they use, and the results [...]
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