Just like I know the ins and outs of a race car, I need to deepen my understanding of the night sky and the camera—exposure levels, composition, the balance of foreground and background ...

But while taking pictures of the night sky and celestial ... the brightness of the celestial background, which is determined by the degree of light pollution. If the sky is very bright, it is ...

At the very darkest sites on Earth, far removed from humanity’s wasted sky-directed light, that background can be as dim as 22 mag/arcsec 2. I’d love to have a moonless night with my ...

According to NASA, it’s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night ...

Looking for a telescope to observe the Pinwheel Galaxy other awesome sights in the night sky? We recommend the Celestron Astro Fi 102 as the top pick ... between it and the background sky makes ...

If you want to enjoy the night sky, all you need is curiosity ... with Aldebaran marking the top of one side and Jupiter on the other. Above the pair will be Mars, which is getting brighter ...

They studied the movements of the planets (called wandering stars back then, since the planets change position relative to the fixed background of the stars) and other changes to the night sky.