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This exceptionally deep image from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals the renowned COSMOS field and its surroundings in the constellation Sextans. The view is crowded with galaxies and galaxy clusters spanning an immense range of distances and cosmic ages, while only a handful of foreground stars belong to our own Milky Way. It was created by combining multiple observations from Rubin’s LSST Camera into a deep coadded image and is being released to mark Early Data Preview 2, the first Rubin data preview based on LSST Camera observations. The COSMOS field was selected more than two decades ago to provide astronomers with a relatively unobstructed window into the distant Universe. Located away from the crowded plane of the Milky Way, it contains comparatively few bright stars and little intervening dust, and it is accessible to major observatories on Earth and in space. Even in this exceptionally clear region, Rubin’s remarkable sensitivity reveals traces of faint, glowing galactic cirrus: wisps of interstellar dust within our own Milky Way superimposed on the much more distant cosmic landscape. Early Data Preview 2 comes on the heels of the beginning of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). With its ability to observe the southern sky deeply, widely, and repeatedly, Rubin Observatory is poised to transform many areas of astronomy.
This single 3200-megapixel photo contains more than half a million galaxies and 50,000+ stars. Vera Rubin scientists say this is just the beginning

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE The latest image from the world's largest camera captures an overwhelming number of galaxies on a 3200MP car-sized camera

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Sun during solar eclipse - April 2024
How to photograph the 2026 total solar eclipse: Get prepared for the astrophotography event of the year

By Jamie Carter Published

How to The complete guide to photographing the August 12 total solar eclipse

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Astrophotography in August 2026: a solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower headline a packed month for stargazers

By Jamie Carter Published

Astro Everything you need to know about what’s worth photographing in the night skies over the coming month

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Ring of fire eclipse
Confessions of an eclipse photographer: shooting my first ring of fire eclipse and discovering that photographing from a Caribbean cruise ship is much harder than it looks!

By David S Young Published

Solar eclipse In the second of a three-part series, David S Young how things have changed over 47 years of chasing totality with his camera

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I've been photographing total solar eclipses for over 40 years – and this is what it was like chasing totality with a film camera back before the internet

By David S Young Published

Solar eclipse In the first of a three-part series, David S Young recalls what it was like to photograph a total solar eclipse with film cameras and without the aid of the internet

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This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows Beta Pictoris d, a new planet found orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star is at the centre of the frame, and was subtracted when processing the data, revealing the environment around it. The new planet, indicated with an arrow, is the third one found around this star. The other two are Beta Pictoris b –– the bright source to the left, and Beta Pictoris c, orbiting much closer to the star and not seen here. The image was taken with the ERIS instrument at the VLT. Based on its infrared brightness and colour, the new planet appears to be a gas giant, about 2.4 times more massive than Jupiter. The diffuse horizontal band in this image is a debris disc around the star, seen here edge-on, the leftover material of planetary formation.
“We’ve learned not to trust bright blobs in images.” This is one of the most photographed planetary systems, but a faint planet still played hide-and-seek in more than a decade's worth of photos

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Researchers from NASA and the ESO have found a new exoplanet hidden inside one of the most photographed regions of the night sky

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View of a starry Milky Way galaxy with colorful nebulae seen through a rocky cave opening overlooking the sea at twilight
4 hours of searching led to this spectacular Milky Way cave photo – "I'm always drawn to locations that feel unique and relatively undiscovered"

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS After nearly giving up, the photographer found the hidden cave behind one of this year's most striking Milky Way photographs

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Galaxy.
Astronomers perplexed by new James Webb Space Telescope photos unveiling secrets of a galaxy 11 million light-years away

By Alan Palazon Published

News The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and colorful stars that other telescopes couldn’t in what the dumbfounded astronomers are calling a case of “galactic archaeology”

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Total solar eclipse revealing F corona surrounding the Sun.
Why use huge space telescopes for astronomy when you can blast an astronaut with a Nikon into space – new research paper suggests

By Alan Palazon Published

News An image shot on a handheld Nikon during the recent Artemis II lunar mission has revealed new insights into the evolution of our solar system

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Aurora Borealis.
“Moments like these never get old up here”: astronaut captures mesmerizing image of the aurora from aboard ISS with Nikon flagship camera

By Alan Palazon Published

News Astronaut Sophie Adenot captured an unbelievable aurora “stretching as far as the eye could see”, bolstering her impressive portfolio snapped aboard the International Space Station

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