Astrophotography for beginners 2024: How to shoot the night sky …
WEB2 days ago · There's a simple formula to calculate the correct shutter speed for any given lens, called the '500-rule'. In its simplest form, this is 500 divided by the focal length of your lens. For example ...
The brightest planets in October's night sky — How to see them …
WEB5 days ago · Saturn through October, is well up in the southeast at nightfall and reaches its peak altitude in the south around mid to late evening. It's by far the brightest thing in Aquarius — a steady ...
Night sky, October 2024: What you can see tonight [maps]
WEB5 days ago · Jupiter. Jupiter as it will appear in the October 2024 night sky. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) Brilliant, white Jupiter will shine all night long during October, rising at about 10 p ...
Night sky for tonight — what to look for in this evening's sky | Space
WEB2 days ago · The second planet from the sun has been conspicuous by its absence from the evening night sky since 2023 but is now beginning to shine more brightly after sunset just above the west-southwest ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS wows skywatchers around the world …
WEB5 days ago · Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS soaring through the early morning sky above Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California, U.S, on Sept. 28, 2024. (Image credit: Abhijit Patil)
Aurora alert — strong geomagnetic storm could spark spectacular ...
WEB3 days ago · Aurora chasers are on high alert for strong geomagnetic storm conditions from Oct.4 to Oct. 6. Northern lights possible deep into mid-latitudes.
Sun unleashes monster X7.1 flare that could supercharge Earth …
WEB4 days ago · A coronal mass ejection (CME) — a huge eruption of solar plasma — was associated with the X7.1 flare, Spaceweather.com reported. The CME was Earth-directed and is expected to hit our planet on ...
'Sub-Earth' exoplanet discovered around the closest solo star to us
WEB5 days ago · Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, known as Barnard's star. The newly discovered exoplanet has around half the mass of ...
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the ...
WEB3 days ago · The incoming CME is expected to hit Earth between Oct. 3 and Oct. 5, possibly triggering widespread auroras. On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal ...
Pictures from Space! Our space image of the day | Space
WEB3 days ago · Wednesday, October 2, 2024: The amazing views from space keep coming. This image, taken by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, shows the stunning Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it shined over a nighttime ...