Adam Smadi, a 20-year-old astrophotographer from Shoreline, Washington, captured a rare image of the International Space Station (ISS) passing in front of Saturn on the morning of July 6 (Eastern time), achieving a stunning visual alignment of two celestial objects 1.39 billion kilometers apart. After two days of meticulous planning and a 50-mile journey to […]
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‘Won’t happen again until 2038’: Astrophotographer captures a rare solar eclipse on Saturn
A 20-year-old astrophotographer from Shoreline, Washington, has captured a rare solar eclipse on Saturn. The event, known as a shadow transit, showed Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, casting a small dark shadow on the planet’s surface. This type of eclipse will not be visible again until 2038. Adam Smadi has been practicing astrophotography for about two […]
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NGC 1499 captured by a 14-year-old is amongst the winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024
Royal Observatory, Greenwhich, held the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 competition this year. The competition is held every year in 11 categories. Many amateur and professional astrophotographers around the world participate in this competition. A panel of judges selects the category winner and an overall winner. This year the Royal Observatory Greenwhich received around […]
