Observing Network Photo of the Week
Share your night-sky image and the story behind it. Submissions are reviewed before appearing on the site.
Now Accepting SubmissionsASTROPHOTOGRAPHY • OBSERVATION • EXPLORATION
Starry Atlantic Pleiades
An observatory of stars, stories, field notes, and worlds waiting to be discovered.
Observatory Dashboard
Plan the next clear night.
Moon Phase
Next New Moon
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Imaging Conditions
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Solar Eclipse Explorer
Learning, planning, and observation
Best Tool for Tonight
Rank targets for your location, moonlight, season, and sky.
Recommended Target
Explore the Milky Way Core in the Deep Sky Target Finder.
Sky Map
Open the interactive Aladin sky atlas for target previews.
Gear Suggestion
Compare cameras, lenses, trackers, telescopes, and filters.
Featured Experience
Journey Through the Eagle Nebula
A 3D journey into the Pillars of Creation
This experience transforms my Eagle Nebula image into a cinematic fly-through, using layered depth, motion, stars, dust, and atmosphere to create the feeling of moving through space.
Journey Into the NebulaCurated Club
The Observing Network
Monthly Sky Challenge
Milky Way Core: wide-field compositions of the summer galactic center — reviewed before publishing.
Now Accepting SubmissionsLatest Field Note
Follow a night at Zion where shifting clouds, patience, and changing conditions shaped the final image.
Read the Zion Field Note →
Network ImagesNow accepting submissions
Featured ObservationsReviewed before publishing
Monthly ChallengesNow accepting submissions