mayo 29, 2026

Scope Out the Milky Way and Photograph It

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This week in the world of astronomy, lose yourself in the Milky Way's star clouds and incredible new images of Mars. Plus, read all about NASA's lunar ambitions.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 29 – June 7

Venus and Jupiter grab your eyes in the west in late twilight. The Summer Triangle marks the dark in the east. So will the subtler Milky Way once the glary Moon is gone.

NASA's Psyche Sends Back Amazing Images of Mars

NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission made a course adjustment via a flyby past Mars en route to its final destination. Here’s what it saw.

Evidence of Water Plumes from Jupiter's Moon Europa Vanishes

Reanalysis shows that the Hubble Space Telescope’s detection of water vapor escaping from Jupiter’s moon Europa might have been a glitch.

NASA Brings Its Lunar Ambitions into Focus with Moon Base Missions

Rovers, drones, and landers will usher in a sustained lunar presence, under the new plan NASA announced this week.

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Observing Highlights

Lost in the Star Clouds — A Milky Way Odyssey

I share my “discovery” of a new Milky Way star cloud that’s been staring at me for ages.

Sewing Up Nightscapes

Panoramic mosaics can show far more than a single image ever can.

May Podcast: The Delightful Dippers

This month’s episode showcases the Big and Little Dippers, now placed high in the northern evening sky. So grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

Presented by: Celestron.

North Jersey Astronomical Group

Monthly meetings of the North Jersey Astronomical Group (NJAG) are free and open to the public - all are welcomed. Meetings usually feature a presentation about astronomy or space science by an amateur or professional astronomer.

This Was Captured in 2022. Imagine What's Possible Now.

Larry Alverez photographed this extraordinary loop filament through a Lunt LS130MT in 2022 — with our previous generation etalon. Today every Lunt telescope ships with new generation etalons! We want to see what you're capturing with the new spec: Submit your solar image at the link below for a chance to be featured in S&T's Solar Image of the Month presented by Lunt Solar Systems and win a $500 Lunt store gift card. A new winner will be selected every month through October.

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