Why doesn't Astronomy magazine recognize Messier 110? Keith LankfordHarvest, Alabama Amateur astronomers dubbed this object ...

Astronomy buffs are invited to dust off their telescopes this weekend for Custer Institute & Observatory’s first-ever ...

Charles Messier was a French comet-hunter who occasionally spied objects masquerading as comets due to their fuzzy appearance through his small scope. But they didn’t move against the starry ...

Each spring, amateur astronomers attempt the ultimate stargazing challenge—an overnight quest to spot every galaxy, nebula, ...

French astronomer Charles Messier did not intend to be remembered for his discoveries of galaxies, nebulae, and stars ...

The Pleiades star cluster, Messier 45, amid the faint and dusty nebulosity that surrounds it. The stars of the Pleiades are passing through the dust clouds in Taurus and are lighting them up as ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - “When I was a kid, my cousin showed me Saturn from a telescope when I was young and that got me hooked.” Tom Weber, the President of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers recalled.

People have long been interested in comets. They are very scientifically interesting, and at the time, astrologers would ...

Spread the loveThe Messier Marathon is an exhilarating challenge for amateur astronomers and stargazers alike, offering a rare opportunity to observe all 109 Messier objects in a single night. This ...

The article critiques the common recommendation of starting amateur astronomy with the Messier catalog, arguing that many Messier objects are low surface brightness and difficult for beginners to ...

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 - This picture taken on September 25th, 2019 shows The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976, in the Milky Way.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / ...

In fact, we got 98.18% of what we set out to get. On March 13, some friends and I got together in my backyard observatory with my 14-inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope to attempt the Messier ...