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What r/Astronomy is talking about this week

r/Astronomy has 3,158,202 members and 13 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 2.2 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

3,158,202members
13posts in the last 24 hours, newest 5 h ago
2.2comments an hour right now, newest 6 h ago
2,236points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/Astronomy this week

nebula31ngc26pleiades16galaxy14m4512star8hours8bortle8veil8supernova8moon7heart6

Top threads this week

  1. I DESPISE starlink satellites.

    It's so annoying seeing a beautiful star in the sky, taking a photo and WHOOP a starlink satellite whizzes on by, or i'll take a good photo of a nebula and it just has 3 different starlink sats...

    2,236 points319 comments6 d ago
  2. The Pleiades

    Not something I usually shoot as there is no landscape, just the Pleiades star cluster, but I decided to give it a go while waiting for another constellation to rise above horizon during recent...

    1,129 points25 comments6 d ago
  3. My Astrophotography Wall

    Just put this up - thought the sub might enjoy it - I'm debating whether to try and frame them... Well, whether they'd be aesthetically better dispersed around my space... Then again, I like the...

    1,067 points26 comments6 d ago
  4. Impressive shooting star

    I pick this up about 1/2 through the event. On vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii. Went out to star gaze and saw the biggest, brighterst, longest,. shooting star of my life. Wow, magical. I'm...

    791 points49 comments4 d ago
  5. Pillars of Creatiom

    I’m starting to process some of my projects from this past spring and summer. Here’s my first go at processing the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16), and its famous “Pillars of Creation”, coined by NASA...

    748 points11 comments3 d ago
  6. Prominence size

    Shot on 8.11.2026, prominence size \~92000 KMs Telescope: Acuter 40 Camera: touptek 678 mono EAF: ZWO EAFN Mount: Skywatcher Solar Quest 1400 of 6000 frames processed Stacked in PIPP and...

    742 points26 comments2 d ago
  7. The Heart Nebula (IC 1805)

    Have been wanting to redo this one for a long time😊 Shot on Seestar S30 Pro Stacked in Siril processed in Pixinsight 2000x10s exposures

    608 points11 comments4 d ago
  8. Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) | 22.5 Hours from Bortle 7 Skies

    Here’s my take on the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405), captured from my backyard in Tucson, Arizona under Bortle 7 skies. This is a cropped version highlighting the brighter central nebulosity. I’m...

    535 points13 comments2 d ago
  9. The Pleiades (M45)

    Hello there, I took this image of M45 last two nights from my bortle 6 backyard. 156 x 180s subs (7.8h). Gear: \-150/750 Newtonian \- Canon 500Da \- Orion ST80 + ASI 662MC for guiding \- Custom...

    525 points10 comments6 d ago
  10. Kalahari, South-Africa

    Orion Nebula M42 17min

    500 points3 comments5 d ago

Newest posts

  1. IC443 in SHO - A small supernova remnant
    1 points0 comments5 h ago
  2. Pillars of Creation
    1 points0 comments5 h ago
  3. M45 — The Pleiades from Jordan Lake [OC]
    1 points0 comments7 h ago
  4. Early Supermassive Black Holes Aren’t All Monsters
    1 points0 comments9 h ago
  5. Solar Activity 9.11.2026
    1 points0 comments10 h ago
  6. ngc 7635 – The Bubble Nebula in HSO
    1 points0 comments11 h ago
  7. This is how far i gotten
    1 points0 comments11 h ago
  8. Super bright star
    1 points0 comments14 h ago
  9. The Pleiades
    1 points0 comments18 h ago
  10. NGC 253
    1 points0 comments18 h ago
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