Space Contents Archive

Strong Aurora Borealis seen last night, 23 April 2023, as a powerful geomagnetic storm struck earth. Aurora were seen as far south as Arizona.

Just a dazzling display of colours in last night’s aurora storm. Shot from my backyard in Calgary, AB

Inner Heart Nebula

Spiraling Sands Galaxy [AI Generated]

New JWST Photo of the primary building blocks of planets, interstellar dust, found in NGC 346, an active star formation region where planetary formation was thought to be uncommon.

Full article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01418-x

Messier 101

California Nebula

Space Shuttle Discovery, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope, launches from LC-39B for mission STS-31. While Space Shuttle Columbia sits on LC-39A in preparation for STS-35. 24 April 1990

For those cloudy nights: my Voyager Tribute in honor of its approaching 50th! Vote for and share if you'd like to own one. (Lego Ideas)

Please give me some advice

Hi! I am not an astronomer or anything similar. But I thought it would be really romantic to take my girlfriend on a starwatching date. I live in Oporto Portugal, it isnt a huge city, but it is a relative large metropolitan area and has some light polution. I would like some advice on places I could watch the stars with minimal polution while also not having to drive very long distances. If you could also recomend some software that would helps us undertand the sky, I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much for reading and for helping me!

I want to get into astrophotography

Can you guys give me suggestions about cheap cameras that are good for amateur astrophotography?

Messier 101

Aurora Borealis and "scan lines"

Shot nearly straight up outside of my house.

Inner Heart Nebula

Northern lights over Chicago last night