Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016. Dr. Rubin’s work persuaded astronomers of the existence of dark ...
The images were taken using a websam attached to a 180-cm Maksutov-Newtonian telescope 3) January 11 - February 19 – Venus as a crescent Astrophotographers will get the chance early in 2025 to ...
The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...
The images were taken using a websam attached to a 180cm Maksutov-Newtonian telescope. Saturday January 18: Conjunction of Venus And Saturn Although the second planet from the sun will outshine ...
Mars at opposition happens once every 26 months, and it's happening tonight. It's the perfect night to train a telescope and a planetary camera on Mars – though, practically speaking, any night this ...
Themiya Nanayakkara receives funding from Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. Ivo Labbe receives funding from Australian Research Council in the form of a Future Fellowship.