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Steven Bellavia couldn’t find the astrophotography setup he wanted, so he built his own. The engineer’s “Bellavia Mini” combined decades of expertise and a love of telescope building into an observatory that fits in the back of his car. Bellavia labored over perfecting every element — the optical tube is…
Usually when astronomers talk about our neighbouring galaxy, they’re talking about Andromeda, which is a cosy 2.5 million light-years away. But just a little farther — OK, 500,000 light-years farther — is another spiral galaxy, the third largest in our local group. Hubble has just released its most detailed view…
Amateur astronomer Victor Buso was testing his camera-telescope setup in Argentina back in September 2016, pointing his Newtonian telescope at a spiral galaxy called NGC613. He collected light from the galaxy for the next hour and a half, taking short exposures to keep out the Santa Fe city lights. When…
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