July 2022 – Page 2 – Astronomy Now

President Biden to unveil first colour image from Webb Space Telescope

11 July 2022 Astronomy Now

President Biden will unveil the first color image from the James Webb Space Telescope Monday at the White House, heralding the end of tests and checkout and the beginning of science operations by the world’s most powerful space observatory.

Messier 57: Lyra’s heavenly ring

11 July 2022 Mark Armstrong

Messier 57 is the famous Ring Nebula in Lyra, a showpiece planetary nebula that’s arguably the finest and most observed in its class.

The layered hills of Mars’ Arabia Terra

8 July 2022 Keith Cooper

These layered hills, seen in this false-colour image of a portion of Arabia Terra on Mars, may possibly have a watery origin.

A fourth-century supernova

6 July 2022 Keith Cooper

These delicate yet fast-moving filaments of gas belong to a supernova remnant designated as 1E 0102.2-7219, which resulted from the destruction of a massive star long ago in the Small Magellanic Cloud, 200,000 light years away.

Cosmic Crash

5 July 2022 Keith Cooper

The galaxy NGC 3256 is seen here in the aftermath of a major galaxy merger.

Globular Messier 92: living in M13’s shadow

4 July 2022 Mark Armstrong

Messier 92 is a fine globular cluster that lies among the stars of northern Hercules, making it superbly placed in the summer sky for observers at mid-northern latitudes.

ScopeTech’s STL-80A Maxi, f/15 refractor

1 July 2022 Steve Ringwood

Steve Ringwood goes back to the future, for the new STL-80A Maxi f/15 from ScopeTech is a self-confessed, unabashed return to the classical achromatic refractor.