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Space.com astrophotographyReviewsStudents gather to explore Hawaii's glorious night sky | Space photo of the day for Nov. 4, 2026 Over 1,400 students gathered in Hawaii to learn about astronomy as part of the annual Journey Through the Universe program. (Image credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsThe universe in the eye of a telescope | Space photo of the day for Oct. 29, 2026 The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope reflects the stars at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. (Image credit: J.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstronaut captures mesmerizing auroras with iPhone from ISS | Space photo of the day for Oct. 13, 2026 Earth's night side is wreathed in colorful auroras in a new smartphone image captured from the ISS. (Image credit: Anil Menon, NASA) NASA astronaut Anil Menon captured a gorgeous view of the northern…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstrophotographer captures 110 galaxies, star clusters and nebulas in stunning 352-hour mosaic (photo) Behold! Amateur astrophotographer ing. Cornelis van Zuilen has created a stunning cosmic mosaic of all 110 galaxies, star clusters and nebulas of the Messier catalog — a leviathan effort that took…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsThe Milky Way glows over telescopes in the Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2026 The Milky Way over the La Silla Observatory. (Image credit: J. Rodrigues/ESO) Dark clouds swirl across a sky speckled with stars as the Milky Way stretches above the European Space Observatory's La…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsWhy I recommend the ZWO Seestar S50 Pro smart telescope for your backyard — full review The moon was already deep in Earth’s umbra when I pointed the Seestar S50 Pro at it during the spectacular deep partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 28, 2026.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsPerseid meteors meet mesmerizing star trails over Egypt's Western Desert Astrophotographer Osama Fathi created this incredible view of Perseid meteors streaking through circling star trails above Egypt's Western Desert on Aug.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of the Crescent Nebula The Crescent Nebula shines in the constellation Cygnus. (Image credit: Kevin Boardman) Astrophotographer Kevin Boardman captured this spectacular view of the Crescent Nebula, revealing intricate…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsMesmerizing plasma loops on the sun | Space photo of the day for Sept. 3, 2026 Astrophotographer Mark Johnston captured the sun in remarkable detail from his backyard in Arizona. (Image credit: Mark Johnston) A spectacular series of glowing plasma loops arcs above the sun in…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsGreen comet caught soaring over Namibia | Space photo of the day for Aug. 12, 2026 Comet 220P/McNaught soaring over Namibia on August 8, 2026. (Image credit: Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger) What a view.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsThis ZWO astronomy camera is perfect for solar and lunar imaging Originally launched a decade ago, the ZWO ASI174MM is a planetary astrophotography camera — something you insert into the eyepiece of a telescope to take images and video of deep-sky objects…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsSky-Watcher SolarQuest mount head review Specifications Resolution: 2,073,600 counts/rev; 0.625 arc-second Slewing speeds: 16x and 1200x Payload capacity: 8.8 lbs/4kg Dovetail saddle: 45mm Vixen-style Controls: Power button and 8-way…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsThis Sky-Watcher is an ideal beginner telescope for solar observing Specifications Aperture: 3 inches / 76mm Focal length: 25-inches / 630mm Focal ratio: f/8.3 Optical design: Achromatic doublet dedicated H-alpha refractor Filter type: Hydrogen-alpha, 656.28nm (meets…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsHow much better is the Canon EOS R6 III than previous models for astrophotography? In a rare first for me, I actually used autofocus for this entire astrophotography shoot. If I'm being honest? I prefer it when shooting astro with a mirrorless camera . Why?

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsWatch China's Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage Efrain Morales captured a breathtaking view of the Tiangong space station crossing the moon from Puerto Rico.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstrophotographer captures a cosmic lagoon glowing 5,200 light-years from Earth (photo) The Lagoon Nebula photographed glowing in the constellation Sagittarius. (Image credit: Noah Gyles) Amateur astrophotographer Noah Gyles has shared a stunningly detailed view of the Lagoon Nebula…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsCloser every day: A spectacular 30-day collage of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction (photo) Astrophotographer Soumyadeep Mukherjee has shared a spectacular 30-day collage of the western night sky titled "Closer, Everyday", which captures the subtle motion of Jupiter and Venus as they danced…

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsJupiter and Venus looked spectacular in this week's planetary conjunction. Here are our favorite photos Jupiter and Venus put on a spectacular performance as they met in the twilight sky on June 9 during a close planetary conjunction as Mercury lurked nearby — and we've got the photos to prove it!

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstrophotographer captures breathtaking view of 548 galaxies from a balcony The Leo Triplet shines in deep space. (Image credit: ing. Cornelis van Zuilen) Astrophotographer ing.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsMay's Blue Moon wows stargazers worldwide — see these stunning photos of the smallest full moon of 2026 May's full Blue Moon put on a dazzling display over the weekend, flooding the night sky with moonlight as the red supergiant star Antares glowed nearby.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstrophotographer spends 115 hours capturing Horsehead Nebula in striking detail with backyard telescope A nebula scene is shown with swirling clouds of brown, red and orange. Blue and white stars can be seen dotted throughout.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsVenus and the crescent moon dazzle in a spectacular post-sunset show (photos) The crescent moon and Venus put on a spectacular show for skywatchers worldwide during a dramatic close approach in the evening sky earlier this week.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsI thought my backyard had too much light pollution for astrophotography. The Vaonis Vespera Pro proved me wrong I live under heavily light-polluted suburban skies in Nottingham, U.K., where the glow of streetlights often drowns out all but the brightest of stars.

Space.com astrophotographyReviewsAstrophotographer captures remarkable view of galactic 'Eyes' with backyard telescope The galaxies of Markarian's Chain shine in deep space. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher) Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a breathtaking view of Markarian's Chain — a string of majestic…

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

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