Shop Now
Telescopes and astronomy products
-
Astrophotography TelescopesBeginner Telescope: 70mm Aperture, 15x-150x Magnification
Buy Now on Amazon -
70mm Aperture TelescopesCelestron 70mm Travel Scope: Portable Telescope for Beginners
Buy Now on Amazon -
-
Latest News
From around the web
The Sky Today on Tuesday, October 21: The Orionids peak, Comet Lemmon is closest to Earth, and Titan makes a transit
Tue October 21st, 2025
New moon of October 2025 hides red star Antares for some lucky stargazers tonightMon October 20th, 2025
Hubble spies a glowing 'starburst ring' | Space photo of the day for Oct. 20, 2025Mon October 20th, 2025
Don't miss the Orionid meteor shower peak begin overnight tonight under a moonless skyMon October 20th, 2025
A cosmic heart bursts with light in new deep space astrophotographer portrait (photo)Sun October 19th, 2025
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover – Photo stream updated daily!
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (January 14th, 2026):
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
From NASA: "The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky. The featured deep image is a digital combination of images taken in different colors over 58 hours with a telescope from Lijiang, China. Anyone with a good pair of binoculars, however, can see this Whirlpool toward the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici). M51 is a spiral galaxy of type Sc and is the dominant member of a whole group of galaxies. Astronomers speculate that M51's spiral structure is primarily due to its gravitational interaction with the smaller galaxy just above it."