Astronomy observatory

Join Maria Mitchell Association's professional astronomers for an impressive tour of Nantucket’s night sky. Our staff will assist and answer questions while you view celestial wonders through up to three different telescopes.

It may look like a movie frame showing an Evil Mad Scientist lair, but it's just a one-minute exposure photograph of Lick Observatory, as seen from Kepler

A scene captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro from the Portuguese village of Campinho in the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve shows a partially eclipsed moon, Mars and the Milky Way with a flare from the Formosat-2 satellite. The bright planet Jupiter is also visible on the right edge. [Full Story: Satellite Flare Photobombs a Lunar Eclipse Under the Milky Way (Photo)]

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