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John Davis' Celestron Imaging Setup

Renowned astroimager John Davis first got his start in astroimaging by connecting a Nikon D80 DSLR camera to the prime focus of his Celestron CPC 800 telescope. Since then, he's...

John Davis' Celestron Imaging Setup

Renowned astroimager John Davis first got his start in astroimaging by connecting a Nikon D80 DSLR camera to the prime focus of his Celestron CPC 800 telescope. Since then, he's...

John Davis' Best Shots

Astroimager John Davis of BuckSnort Observatory was kind enough to share some of his favorite shots with us. Make sure to check out BuckSnort Observatory to see even more of...

John Davis' Best Shots

Astroimager John Davis of BuckSnort Observatory was kind enough to share some of his favorite shots with us. Make sure to check out BuckSnort Observatory to see even more of...

John Davis: From Filmmaker to Astroimager

John Davis’s first telescope was a Celestron CPC 800. Though he’s had a lifelong love of stargazing, he only bought a telescope in 2007. “I bought it just to be...

John Davis: From Filmmaker to Astroimager

John Davis’s first telescope was a Celestron CPC 800. Though he’s had a lifelong love of stargazing, he only bought a telescope in 2007. “I bought it just to be...

Why Predicting Comet Brightness Is So Tough (SPACE.com)

The newfound Comet ISON has the potential to be one of the brightest ever seen when it streaks through the inner solar system this November, but whether it will live...

Why Predicting Comet Brightness Is So Tough (SPACE.com)

The newfound Comet ISON has the potential to be one of the brightest ever seen when it streaks through the inner solar system this November, but whether it will live...

Swift sizes up Comet ISON

Using images acquired over the past two months, astronomers have made initial estimates of Comet ISON's water and dust production and used them to infer the size of its icy...

Swift sizes up Comet ISON

Using images acquired over the past two months, astronomers have made initial estimates of Comet ISON's water and dust production and used them to infer the size of its icy...

Sungrazing Comets 101

This article comes to us from Prafull Sharma, a student and amateur astronomer based in Delhi, India. He recently discovered a new comet, SOHO 2333, which is a fragment of 96P/Machholz. In...

Sungrazing Comets 101

This article comes to us from Prafull Sharma, a student and amateur astronomer based in Delhi, India. He recently discovered a new comet, SOHO 2333, which is a fragment of 96P/Machholz. In...