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Astrophotography

Ten years of chasing dark skies — from deep-sky targets thousands of light-years away to the eclipses, planets, and aurora visible with the naked eye.

A large tilted spiral galaxy with a bright yellow core and dark dust lanes, surrounded by stars, with two smaller companion galaxies nearby.Close-up view of the Milky Way core region near Sagittarius, showing dense star clouds and dark dust lanes against a blue night sky.A half-illuminated moon with a sharp straight terminator line dividing bright and dark halves, craters visible near the edge.A composite image showing a sequence of partially eclipsed suns arranged in an arc across the sky, above a dark tree silhouette.Full-disc H-alpha photograph of the sun showing mottled orange chromosphere texture, scattered active regions, and small prominences along the limb, set against black space.Detailed telescopic image of Jupiter showing banded clouds and the Great Red Spot, with its moon Io visible as a small dot to the left against black space.

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Deep Sky

Nebulae and galaxies, thousands of light-years distant.

A large tilted spiral galaxy with a bright yellow core and dark dust lanes, surrounded by stars, with two smaller companion galaxies nearby.An elongated, flame-like orange nebula stretching diagonally across a starfield, with a bright blue-white star near its base.A triangular arrangement of blue stars set against red nebulosity, with a dark conical nebula feature near the top of the frame.A small round nebula shell centered in a wide field of soft red and pink gas clouds and stars.Two adjacent tight clusters of bright stars surrounded by a dense field of smaller background stars.A long, dark, snaking dust formation embedded in a large area of red nebulosity, resembling an elephant's trunk.A heart-shaped red nebula with a dark blue-toned interior and a bright star cluster near its center, plus a smaller nebula fragment in the corner.A dark horse-head-shaped nebula against red gas clouds, with a bright star and an orange flame-like nebula to the left.A large, wispy orange-red nebula with tentacle-like filaments spreading across a starfield.A large pink emission nebula with dark dust lanes threading through a bright core, and a smaller separate circular pink nebula in the upper left corner.A wide night sky scene with a faint hazy patch of light low above a dark sea horizon, surrounded by stars.Three faint galaxies scattered across a dark starfield: two oval spirals and one thin edge-on galaxy with a dark dust lane.Two separate patches of red nebulosity, a larger claw-like looping structure and a smaller rounder nebula, set in a starfield.A large red emission nebula shaped like a landmass, with a dark bay-like gap and areas of blue-white nebulosity.A bright, hook-shaped nebula with orange and blue-white glowing regions surrounded by dark gas.A large bright pink and purple nebula with a glowing white core, alongside a smaller blue nebula to the left.A rounded pink and red nebula with a dark wedge-shaped gap, resembling the video game character Pac-Man.Three dark, finger-like pillar structures rising from bright red and pink nebulosity, with scattered stars around.A faint, loosely wound spiral galaxy with a bright core, set against a dark starfield with a small companion galaxy nearby.A tight group of bright blue stars surrounded by wispy blue nebulosity against a dark, dusty starfield.A small, distinct teal-blue ring-shaped nebula centered in an otherwise dark, sparsely starred frame.A large red ring-shaped nebula with a dark central cavity containing a cluster of bright stars.A wide, wing-shaped red nebula with a brighter cloud region toward the bottom of the frame.A small, thin, edge-on galaxy with a bright central bulge and a dark dust lane, surrounded by scattered stars.A large area of red and pink nebulosity with brighter irregular patches and clusters of stars.A wide network of thin, looping red filaments spread across a starfield, resembling tangled strands.A roughly circular glowing nebula with a bright white-orange center and dark patches, surrounded by a soft red halo.A nebula with a rounded blue-white central shell and red wing-shaped extensions on either side, set against a starfield.A face-on spiral galaxy with loosely wound arms and small pink nebulous knots, set against a starfield.A wide field of thin, wispy red and teal filaments forming curved arc shapes across a starfield.A dim, irregular patch of orange-red nebulosity with a few bright blue stars scattered across a dark starfield.A curved, wispy red and teal filament arcing across a starfield, with a bright star along its edge and a fainter straight filament crossing below.A faint spiral galaxy connected to a smaller, brighter companion galaxy, rendered in muted gray tones against a dark sky.An irregular patch of pink and red nebulosity with a cluster of bright stars near its center, set against a dense starfield.

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Milky Way & Nightscapes

The galactic core, rising over dark landscapes.

Vertical view of the bright Milky Way core rising above dark silhouetted hills and distant village lights in Jawai, Rajasthan.The fainter northern arm of the Milky Way rising over silhouetted hills at Bera, Rajasthan, with a pale glow and distant lights along the horizon.Wide vertical shot of the Milky Way core directly overhead near Bera, Rajasthan, showing golden star clouds and faint magenta nebulosity.Close-up view of the Milky Way core region near Sagittarius, showing dense star clouds and dark dust lanes against a blue night sky.The Milky Way rising above a layer of warmly lit low clouds at Bera, Rajasthan.The bright Milky Way core over rippled sand dunes in the Sahara Desert at night.The Milky Way arching diagonally over a dark mountain ridge near Chandratal Lake in Spiti Valley.A close view of the Milky Way's core and dust lanes with a very bright planet shining beside it against a dense starfield.A faint Milky Way band and the constellation Orion above a warmly lit tree silhouette at Chambal.The Milky Way core beside a bright planet, showing detailed dust lanes and star clouds against a dark sky.A person silhouetted with arm raised, standing beneath a vivid green Milky Way and starfield at Langza, Spiti Valley.The Milky Way core rising above forested mountain slopes at Rakcham, Spiti Valley.A person and a car silhouetted beneath a wide arch of the Milky Way in the Australian outback, with a green horizon glow.A wide nightscape showing the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds above silhouetted dead trees, with the Milky Way visible along the horizon in the Australian outback.A parked car under a green night sky in the Australian outback, with the Large Magellanic Cloud visible above.An illuminated Australian roadside sign glowing orange beneath a dense starfield and faint Milky Way band.

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Moon

Phases, craters, and the closest neighbor.

A half-illuminated moon with a sharp straight terminator line dividing bright and dark halves, craters visible near the edge.A nearly full moon showing faint grey mare patches and bright ray craters across an evenly lit disc.A bright full moon in grey monochrome tones showing mare patterns across its surface, framed in a vertical crop.A crescent moon photographed with HDR processing so the dark side is also faintly visible, glowing softly against a black sky.A warm amber-toned full moon with visible mare and crater detail against a black background.A full moon rendered in exaggerated false color, with patches of purple, brown, blue and grey across its surface.A detailed full moon with warm tan tones and visible bright ray systems radiating from craters.A detailed grayscale gibbous moon with a curved terminator, craters near the shadow line standing out in high relief.A large lunar crater with a curved chain of smaller craters arcing across its floor.A close-up of a young lunar crater with a terraced rim and a central peak casting a shadow.A lunar crater with a tall central peak casting a long shadow across its floor, terraced walls visible.An oblique view of a large crater near the curved edge of the Moon, appearing oval due to the viewing angle.A mountain range on the Moon with a long straight valley cutting through it, photographed near the terminator.A close view along the Moon's terminator line, with craters and ridges thrown into sharp shadow relief.A densely cratered region near the Moon's south pole, with craters of many sizes overlapping each other.A thin crescent moon with its dark side faintly visible, glowing softly from earthshine against a twilight sky.A full moon surrounded by a large faint circular halo of light against a dark sky.A full moon glowing orange low in the sky, partly veiled by clouds, with dark tree branches silhouetted in the foreground.A lunar surface photograph with a box and arrow annotation pointing to the marked landing site of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.A crescent moon against a blue twilight sky with a thin diagonal streak crossing it, marking the transit of the International Space Station.

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Eclipses

Total, partial, and annular — solar and lunar.

A grid of sequential eclipse photos showing the Moon progressively covering the Sun, from a small bite to a full annular ring and back, with a title label at top.A composite image showing a sequence of partially eclipsed suns arranged in an arc across the sky, above a dark tree silhouette.A thin, perfectly even orange ring of light on a black background, formed by the Moon centered in front of the Sun.A thin orange crescent of the Sun against a black sky, most of the solar disc covered by the Moon.A partially eclipsed orange sun with a dark bite taken from its lower edge and several small dark sunspots visible on its surface.A group of people with telescopes and cameras on tripods standing outdoors under a darkening sky, one person pointing upward.A dark eclipsed sun with one bright point of light on its edge and a faint ring of corona around it, forming a diamond-ring shape.A black solar disc surrounded by wispy white corona streamers, with small pink prominences visible at the edge.A figure-eight shaped composite made of sequential eclipse phase images, with two darkened totality suns positioned at the crossing point.A thin arc of bright beads of light along the edge of a mostly covered sun, with a faint pink glow visible at the rim.A dark eclipsed sun with a single bright flare of light on its edge, corona faintly visible around the disc.A curved arrangement of partially eclipsed sun images surrounding a central black disc totality image with visible corona.A full moon with a dark shadow covering a small portion of its upper edge.A moon glowing deep orange-red over most of its surface, with a small brighter crescent still visible on one edge, set against a dark sky.A gibbous-looking moon with roughly half its disc darkened to a dull orange-brown by Earth's shadow, the rest still bright.A moon split almost evenly between a bright white lit half and a deep red shadowed half during the September 2025 total lunar eclipse.A deep red totally eclipsed moon with one bright white sliver of light along its edge, surface detail visible across the red disc.A small dark red eclipsed moon surrounded by a dense field of stars against a dark blue night sky.A small red eclipsed moon glowing softly behind thin drifting clouds against a dark sky.

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Sun

The star that lights our sky, in close detail.

Close-up H-alpha image of the sun's chromosphere showing a long dark filament and a bright active region against mottled orange surface texture, with the limb visible in the upper corner.H-alpha telescope image of a bright, hook-shaped solar prominence arcing above the sun's limb, with granular chromosphere visible on the disc.Close-up H-alpha image of a tall, bright solar prominence jetting upward from the sun's limb against a dark red chromosphere background.Close-up H-alpha image of a dark sunspot surrounded by bright radiating faculae and fine fibril patterns on the sun's chromosphere, with the limb visible below.H-alpha image of several sunspot groups with dark cores and swirling fibril patterns spread across the sun's granulated chromosphere, with the bright limb curving at the edge.Full-disc H-alpha photograph of the sun showing mottled orange chromosphere texture, scattered active regions, and small prominences along the limb, set against black space.Full-disc H-alpha image of a highly active sun with multiple dark sunspot groups scattered across the surface and numerous small prominences visible all around the limb.White-light photograph of the sun as a smooth orange disc with a small group of dark sunspots near the lower right, set against black space.HDR close-up of the sun's limb showing fine bright spicules and small jets rising off the granulated chromosphere edge against dark space.Telephoto photograph of a large, flattened orange setting sun directly behind the silhouette of a telecom tower and rooftops.Cyanotype-toned pinhole solargraph showing multiple curved white sun-trail arcs over a faint silhouetted skyline, recorded over several months.Cyanotype-toned pinhole solargraph showing one prominent curved sun-trail arc over a dim silhouetted rooftop and railing, recorded over several months.

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Planets & Solar System

The moving lights of the solar system.

Detailed telescopic image of Jupiter showing banded clouds and the Great Red Spot, with its moon Io visible as a small dot to the left against black space.Telescopic image of Saturn with its rings tilted toward the viewer, showing the dark Cassini Division gap and subtle cloud banding on the planet's disc.Telescopic image of Mars showing dark surface markings on its orange-red disc, with its two small moons visible as faint points of light nearby against black space.Grid of nine telescopic images showing Mars growing larger and more detailed over time, from a tiny blurred dot to a sharp disc with visible dark markings and a polar ice cap.Telescopic image of Venus as a bright yellow-white crescent against black space, most of its disc in darkness.Five side-by-side telescopic images of Venus showing its phase changing from gibbous to a thin crescent while its apparent size grows.Four-panel wide-field sequence showing bright Venus moving night by night past the Pleiades star cluster, labeled 2 through 5 April.Telescopic image of Uranus as a small pale cyan disc surrounded by several faint point-like moons against black space.Telescopic image of Neptune as a very small teal-blue disc with its moon Triton visible as a faint point of light nearby, against black space.Small, soft-focus telescopic image of Mercury as a pale grey circular disc against a dark background.Two side-by-side starfield photographs with an arrow pointing to Pluto, visible only as a faint point of light in the same star field on two different nights three days apart.Telescopic image showing Jupiter with its four Galilean moons in a line and Saturn with its rings visible in the same wide field of view against black space.Night sky photograph of a crescent moon showing earthshine on the left and two bright points of light, Jupiter and Saturn, on the right, framed by dark tree branches.Vertical composite image with a large close-up moon on the left, a giant erupting sun on the right, and all eight planets plus the ISS lined up in between at relative scale.

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Comets, Asteroids & Meteors

Visitors passing through, briefly.

Close telephoto view of Comet NEOWISE showing a bright green nucleus and a soft dust tail fanning diagonally across a dark starry sky.Wide shot of Comet NEOWISE low in an orange-to-blue twilight sky above a city skyline with dark building and crane silhouettes.Portrait-orientation photo of Comet NEOWISE as a bright point with a faint upward tail against a graduated blue and orange twilight sky.Comet Leonard as a small green-tinted glowing head with a faint diffuse tail against a dark starfield.Dense starfield with a white arrow and text label pointing out the dwarf planet Ceres, which looks like an ordinary faint star.Long bright meteor trail cutting across a starry sky with the Milky Way band, a silhouetted tree, and low green airglow near the horizon.Thin bright meteor streak crossing diagonally through a dense multicolored starfield.Horizontal meteor streak in a starry sky above a dark treeline, with tree branch silhouettes at the frame's edges.Close telescopic view of the Moon's cratered limb with the small orange disc of Mars visible just beneath it, about to be covered.Tight telescopic shot of the Moon's cratered terminator edge with the reddish-orange disc of Mars visible separately below it in black sky.

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Star Trails

Long exposures of the turning sky.

Long-exposure night photo of circular star trails over a courtyard with a walkway, lamp posts, a brick boundary wall, and a building to the right.Circular star trail pattern in the night sky above a city skyline with illuminated buildings and a colorful firework burst near the horizon.Multiple parallel diagonal star trails in a range of colors, including white, gold, blue, and purple, against a plain black night sky.Diagonal colorful star trails crossing a dark sky with a diffuse pale glow of the Milky Way core visible in the center.

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ISS & Satellites

Machines crossing the night sky.

Blurry telescopic silhouette of the ISS with an inset NASA reference image and text labeling the newly docked Crew Dragon capsule, timestamped 6:41pm IST 17 November 2020.Grainy but detailed telescopic photo of the International Space Station showing its solar panels and module trusses in silhouette and light.Crescent Moon in a blue evening sky with a diagonal line of small dots, a stacked sequence showing the ISS transiting past it.Full Moon showing detailed craters and maria, with a diagonal line of small dark silhouette dots marking the ISS's transit path across it.Low-resolution blurry photo of the ISS with text labels and lines pointing to its solar panels, European module, Japanese module, and radiators.Orange solar disc with a diagonal line of small dark silhouette marks showing the ISS's transit path, captioned with location and time.Orange solar disc with two text labels and pointer lines, one identifying a tiny ISS silhouette and the other a dark sunspot.Bright elongated streak of light, wider at the center and tapering at both ends, crossing a dark reddish starry sky, a captured satellite flare.Small but sharp telescopic photo of the International Space Station showing its truss structure and solar panel wings, isolated on black sky.Faint blurry silhouette of the ISS against a black sky, with a text caption giving the time and location of the pre-dawn pass.

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Aurora

Light from the edge of the atmosphere.

A swirling green and purple aurora forming wing-like shapes across the sky above a silhouetted Icelandic mountain.Green aurora bands over a waterfall in Iceland, with a person silhouetted on the ridge to the left.Binoculars in the foreground beneath a colorful pink, purple, and green aurora and starry sky.A multicolored aurora arc shifting from green to pink to red above two small trees lit by warm light.A swirling green aurora overhead, with a small silhouetted figure on a ridge above a waterfall.Tall pink and green aurora pillars rising above a lit wooden cabin with a woodpile in the foreground, at Reykholar, Iceland.A person silhouetted beneath a bright green aurora and starry sky in Iceland.