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I'll play Mike! Crepuscular rays early on a winter morning on Cape Cod (last winter, I'm not able to get out much at present).

Thank you Mike for all the great pix. A reminder, Tom, etc. that "Imager's Studio" is open to the public for viewing -- hence the large number of views some of our picture threads get (while posting is limited to members, who are encouraged monthly by the president to visit the BB :D ). An...

NASA’s WISE mission made images of thousands of debris disks and YSO disks. Alas, these disks are buried among images of millions of other kinds of astronomical objects like galaxies and nebulae, and mixed in with images that contain artifacts created by the telescope itself. In Disk Detective, you ...

Globe at Night is an ongoing project to measure and raise awareness on light pollution by having participants assess the brightness of different constellations at different times of year. In 2017, GaN gathered over 15,000 data points. The target object for January 6-15 will be Taurus -- an easy cons...

The Eclipse Mega-Movie project has gathered some 60,000 images of last summer's solar eclipse. They are now launching a couple new citizen science projects: For anyone: Help improve the Eclipse Megamovie by analyzing photos from the 2017 total solar eclipse taken by thousands of citizen scientists F...

Welcome to the Astronomical Society of Southern New England forum. Here you will find discussions on astronomy and astrophotography, upcoming astronomy and observing events, and more. And check out our members' decade-plus of observing reports and our in-depth knowledge base on all things astronomy...

A monthly roundup of what's happening at local astronomy clubs & observatories in southeastern MA and RI. Make sure to check the relevant website or other contact info for directions and updates, particularly for weather-dependent events, before heading out! Clubs: Public Events Astronomical Soc...

"In a nod to the global amateur astronomy community, as well as to any space enthusiast who enjoys the beauty of the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope mission is releasing its version of the popular Messier catalog, featuring some of Hubble’s best images of these celestial objects that were on...

"You can help analyze images taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station by becoming an Image Detective! This citizen science effort needs the help of human eyes and brains to help analyze the 1.5 million images taken from the space station for use in better understanding our h...

A Chance to Put Your Name on Mars From NASA: When it lands on Mars in November of 2018, NASA's InSight lander will be carrying several science instruments -- along with hundreds of thousands of names from members of the public. In 2015, nearly 827,000 people signed up to add their names to a silico...