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This digital telescope helped extract the Whirlpool Nebula from the sky

This digital telescope helped extract the Whirlpool Nebula from the sky

My wow moment with the Unistellar EVscope 2 happened almost immediately after setting it up. As the digital telescope sent my phone a gradually improving image of the spiral arms of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, I felt a little awe as I realized that billions of stars had sent photons through million light years on …

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Neptune, from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Solar eclipse, meteor showers, planets coming to the sky near you in 2023

2022 has been a memorable year in astronomy. The James Webb Telescope began returning stellar images from all over the universe, two lunar eclipses graced the night sky, and Mars was back – big, bright, and shining like an orange beacon. So, what are the must-see events in the sky in 2023? Get your calendars …

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