The universe speaks in whispers of light, and sometimes, those whispers travel thousands of years to reach our lens. Located approximately 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens, the Eagle Nebula (M16) serves as a profound reminder of the creative power hidden within our own Milky Way galaxy. The Eagle Nebula and Its Cosmic NeighborhoodOften …
The Arrival of a Tiny GiantYesterday, a small box arrived that promised to bridge the gap between my terrace and the deep reaches of space: the DWARF mini. In an age where we are often glued to small screens for trivialities, this device uses technology to turn our eyes upward, reminding us of the vastness …
April 2022 was a spectacular month to view 5 planets lining up. These were visible early in the morning between 4.30 am and 5.30 am, the views of the planets were spectacular. The 5 planets being Jupiter, Venus, Neptune, Mars and Saturn. On April 29th and May 1st there was a beautiful conjunction of two …
Some astrophotography targets reveal themselves immediately. Others make you earn every photon. A few weeks ago, I set out to capture Messier 33 (M33), the Triangulum Galaxy, a faint spiral galaxy hiding in the constellation Triangulum. Located roughly 3 million light-years from Earth, M33 is the third-largest member of the Local Group, after the Milky …
IC 348 hides slumbering newborn stars veiled in cosmic mist. Some deep-sky objects impress with dramatic colours, while others reveal their beauty through the science hidden within them. IC 348 belongs to the latter category. Located about 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Perseus, IC 348 is a young star cluster embedded within the vast …
Peering Through the Cosmic Window This is Messier 24, widely known as the Sagittarius Star Cloud. You are looking through a gap in the Milky Way’s dust lanes, that is 600 light years wide. Its like gazing through a natural cosmic window into millions of background stars extending 10,000 to 16,000 light-years deep toward the …
“The universe stayed open late, so I did too.” Sometimes the most memorable astrophotography sessions are not the ones where everything goes according to plan. They are the ones where the universe quietly places something extraordinary in the frame, and you only discover it later. That is exactly what happened to me on the night …
Photographing the night sky from Bengaluru, I captured this faint reddish cloud in the constellation Cassiopeia: NGC 7635, famously known as the Bubble Nebula. While it looks like a peaceful cosmic cloud, it is actually the visible evidence of a astronomical process—a massive star reshaping space itself. Anatomy of the Cosmic Bubble Look closely at …
There is a unique thrill in set-and-forget deep-sky imaging—especially when nature tries to interject. Fighting rolling cloud cover and variable atmospheric extinction, I managed to stack light integration on one of the northern sky’s finest open clusters: Messier 52 (NGC 7654). Often referred to as a “salt and pepper” cluster for its dense, granular sprinkling …
The evening sky of July 10, 2026, offered a moment of profound beauty. As the sun dips below the horizon, a celestial drama unfolds in the western twilight—a graceful encounter between the brilliant, radiant planet Venus and the steadfast, blue-white star Regulus, the heart of the constellation Leo the Lion.Having reached their closest point of …
Capturing a high-fidelity image of a distant barred spiral galaxy requires precision, patience, and the right processing workflow. Below is the technical breakdown of a deep-space imaging session targeting Messier 83 (M83), commonly known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. The data was collected using a DWARFLAB DWARF mini smart telescope over an integration window of …
There is a quiet magic that happens in the brief window between sunset and nightfall. While the bustling streets of Bengaluru hum with the usual evening rush, a completely different kind of rush hour takes place if you look upward into the skies above. On the evening of June 17, 2026, the sky cleared just …
