View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lynzie Flynn of Fountain Valley, California, submitted this image on December 22, 2024, and wrote: “This is an adult male Vermilion Flycatcher. It was flying from tree to tree and posing for me. It’s such a colorful bird and one of the few colorful birds we see in my … Read more
Back to Article List This free, AI-powered smartphone tool, developed by an astronomy educator, is designed to make astrophotography easy and accessible. Astrophotography is both an art and science, and has long been a source of fascination and fun for amateur astronomers. Yet the steep learning curve of mastering equipment, planning shoots, and processing images … Read more
Canadian artist Gustav Hahn painted his impression of what the 1913 Great Meteor Procession looked like. Image via Gustav Hahn/ Wikimedia Commons (public domain). February 9, 1913: the Great Meteor Procession An odd and still-unexplained parade of meteors on this date dazzled viewers in Canada, the northeastern United States and ships in the Atlantic all … Read more