To most people, this might just look like a pretty picture. But to astrophotographer Cem Diken, it’s the result of three years of chasing a nearly invisible ghost in the sky — the Squid Nebula (Ou4), hidden deep within the Flying Bat Nebula. "It had been 8 years since I got into deep space astrophotography.…

I was born in Guadalajara, I'm 38 years old, a musician, communications and electronics engineer, and president of the Guadalajara Astronomical Society A.C. since 2020. First Contact with AstronomySince I was little, my parents took me to the Planetarium in my city, where I met the Guadalajara Astronomical Society. It had an observatory with…

This stunning collaborative project comes from astrophotographers Alex Linde and Thomas Hansson, who joined forces across borders to photograph the Whirlpool Galaxy from Sweden, Poland, and Texas, USA. Thomas traveled across Sweden with his SW Esprit 100ED + ASI533MC Pro, capturing both broadband and dual-band data — including from his own suburban backyard. Meanwhile, Alex captured…

This image was built over 569 hours of integration, spread across 147 nights over 3 years! Astrophotographer Jeffrey Horne recently completed what he calls “the most ambitious astrophotography project I’ve ever attempted” — an incredible image of the Spaghetti Nebula with Mars passing through, taken from his light-polluted (Bortle 8–9) backyard in Nashville, taken by ZWO…

“Chasing M81 & M82: A Story of Passion, Patience, and Perseverance” 23 hours of exposure. -10°C temperatures. 100% humidity. Mud. Wind. 700 km driven. Romanian astrophotographer Liviu Rabac worked hard for 9 different nights from January to April for this final picture.