on the left, a black disk with a white halo against a dark blue background.on the right, a small black dot surrounded by a light orange halo and then a dark orange halo against a black background

Astronomy & Observing News

New Views of Vega’s Dusty Disk

High-resolution images reveal the debris disk around Lyra’s brightest star to be exceedingly smooth. If any planets lurk therein, they must be small.

M56 globular

Astronomy & Observing News

Summer Nights Offer Splendid Sights in Lyra

Lyra, the Lyre, offers a wonderful assortment of double stars and deep-sky objects to keep you up at night. Break out your binoculars and telescope and join me for a summertime ramble.