OUR LATEST Celestial events ARTICLES

Impressive celestial events await us in 2025: a total lunar eclipse, several planetary oppositions and significant meteor streams such as the Perseids and Geminids.

Comet filters increase the contrast of comet tails. The article explains different types of filters, including broadband and line filters, which can be used differently depending on the comet and observing conditions.

Experience the most fascinating celestial events of the year 2024. Observe planetary conjunctions, impressive meteor showers, and special constellations. Learn more:

The new year begins with a new comet that may even be visible to the naked eye Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is coming close to the Sun for the first time in certainly 50,000 years...

We have just had the Winter solstice (Summer solstice in the southern hemisphere) and, as 2022 draws to a close, we thought it would be interesting to let you know of some astronomy events to...

During the month of December our Moon passes close to the planets Jupiter, Uranus and Mars making such close encountersnic e photographic opportunities. However, the nights of 5th December and the morning on 8th December...

Its hard to believe that a year has gone by since our Solar System neighbour Venus seemed to be around for ages and riding high in our evening sky during the late winter and spring...

  Transit of Mercury LIVE: NASA is broadcasting the film sequences of the solar satellite SDO for all those who cannot observe the Transit of Mercury on November 11th 2019. The films will be available on...

For years our colleagues Martin Rietze and Michael Risch have been hunting for the next solar eclipse in the most remote places in the world. See e.g. our previous blog posts on AstroSolar.com: 2015: Solar...