Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Our photo galleries contain a wonderful array of astronomy photos, from planets to stars, nebulae, and galaxies. This gallery, though, is for astronomy-related images that are a bit different. Browse the images below to see amateur astronomers at work and at play. You'll find mementos from star party gatherings, silly poses under the stars, and astronomy selfies. You'll also find pictures of astronomy equipment and images that demonstrate light pollution. Click deep enough and you'll even see a view of the Scorpion constellation soaring high above a smoke plume unfurling from lava hitting the sea.
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man and moonset

martin36

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Zachód Słońca&Świątynia NMP

Borasa Piotr

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Venus and Mercury naked eye watercolor and 480x sketches

Michel Deconinck

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Moon Rise at a Beach

m.talaee1986

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Looking to Mira

Michel Deconinck

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

North Celestial Pole Startrails

Dr Alan Potts

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Polaris Star trail

HAMID REZA ESMAIL

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

star trails over Damavand

HAMID REZA ESMAIL

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Vandenberg missile launch

PSanchez

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Some Geminids while tracking Phaethon

Michel Deconinck

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Focus on Taurus, 12th December 2017

Dr Alan Potts

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Light in the sea and sky

Mohammad-RSH

Miscellaneous Scenes & Skies

Sauna under Milky way

At this time of year, the Milky Way stands straight up from the south-southwest horizon right after complete dark if you're in the world's mid-northern latitudes. Robert Sälg took this shot from Vorumaa, Estonia, latitude 58°, rather far north — which is why the Sagittarius star clouds are almost hidden by the crowd, and why the bluer Cygnus Star Cloud isn't as high as it "should" be.

Robert Sälg