Brecher captured his deep space vista under the light of a first quarter moon over several nights between July 23-30 earlier ...

Galaxies contain all types of objects, so any filter will dim your view. As with all deep-sky wonders, observe galaxies from the darkest possible location.

We finish our tour of the top five winter deep sky objects with undoubtedly one of the most wonderfully beautiful objects in the sky: M42, more popularly known as the great Orion Nebula.

In this video, Astronomy magazine Editor David J. Eicher discusses deep-sky objects in the spring sky you can see with a 12-inch or larger telescope.

In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll dive into deep-sky objects, the most beautiful and interesting sights in the night sky.

The third-brightest deep-sky object, glowing at magnitude 0.6, is Collinder 70, an open cluster of 100 or so hot young stars.

Plus, catch Saturn and Neptune at their brightest; spy the "string of pearls" galaxy; and a close encounter of the moon and ...

Are you just taking your first step into astronomy and wondering about the easiest deep sky objects to see with small telescopes? Astronomy is a world of endless possibilities and your first ...

[Anton] developed this real-time tracking tool for deep sky objects (DSOs) to keep tabs on most of the interesting things out there a telescope can be pointed at.

Eighteenth-century comet hunter Charles Messier compiled the first catalog of deep sky objects, largely to keep track of objects that looked a lot like comets and interfered with his hunt.

Are you just taking your first step into astronomy and wondering about the easiest deep sky objects to see with small telescopes? Astronomy is a world of endless possibilities and your first ...