- Lagoon Nebula (M8) is an emission nebula in Sagittarius.

Do you remember the first time you truly discovered the universe? When I was a teenager, many moons ago, I bought my first telescope, a Celestron 8. I remember excitedly unboxing it the day it arrived ...

Photographer Alan Dyer observes the star clusters Messier 7 and Messier 6 near the horizon above Montana’s Sweetgrass Hills—two of the deep-sky objects included in the Messier Marathon. Alan Dyer, ...

You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a knowledgeable observer. But while researching the Pleiades a few months back, I was surprised to learn that it wasn’t the ...

A rare combination of lunar events, planetary alignments, and deep-sky visibility is set to transform May’s night sky into ...

Astrophotography, and astronomy in general, takes some fairly specialized tools and a high amount of precision. Setting up the equipment can also take a lot of time, especially for amateurs traveling ...

The Sky-Watcher Flextube 400P is $780 off at B&H Photo this Black Friday, so you can grab one of the best deep space telescopes for under $4,000. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Shannon Silverman, an Astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. In episode four she shows us some Deep Sky Objects. Almost ...

Levy, of the famous comet-hunting team Shoemaker-Levy, compiles a comprehensive catalog of objects which can be observed in all light conditions and usually with low-power equipment. Targeting novice ...