Which galaxies, nebulae and star clusters are above your horizon tonight? Tonight’s Sky shows them for your location, your open patch of sky and your observing time – right in your browser.
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My sky for tonight: see which of my photographed objects are well placed right now and what I plan to capture next.
For my mobile setup with the Baader APO 95/580 CaF₂, I was looking for a flat, lightweight source for flats. The Aurora Flatfield electroluminescent panel from Gerd Neumann delivers even flats and, with a 3D-printed holder, fits my Apo precisely.
On August 28, 2026, the Moon darkens to 93% — but the real highlight only arrives on the night of December 21, 2029. My research into how eclipses unfold, what makes them “good,” and why the best is yet to come.
The purely technical side of my learning process in preparation for the total solar eclipse.
How much gear do you actually need for your first total solar eclipse when you don’t yet know how to photograph one?
A week-long father-son road trip from Koblenz to northern Spain to photograph the total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026. From the search for the right spot to three independent local contacts and a nerve-wracking final hour before totality – the first part of a blog series about planning, detours, and the moment itself.
Browse the Astrocamp deep-sky catalog: galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, object data and visibility info – by Messier, Sharpless, Caldwell and more.
The Berlebach Uni 18 is my tripod of choice for the WarpAstron WD-20P – an overview of the selection criteria, the configuration with three-angle spread, ZWO plate and extension pier, and the reasons why a lightweight carbon tripod is not a sensible choice for harmonic drive mounts.
Query astronomical databases like SIMBAD, NED, VizieR and MAST directly – coordinates, magnitudes and object data in one place.