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NASA and Katalyst Space have abandoned the rescue mission for the Swift Observatory due to attitude control issues, leading to the satellite's expected re-entry into Earth's atmosphere later this year.
SatIdentifier is an open-source tool that identifies which satellites crossed your telescope field of view, matching observed trails against orbital catalogues and rendering predicted paths on a star chart.
Musician Chris Graue has released the 3D-printable schematics and a tutorial for the adapter that allowed him to capture a photo of Jupiter using a Game Boy Camera and the Hooker Telescope, enabling anyone to replicate the setup.
Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 will pass 2.56 million km from Earth this weekend, visible with telescopes and binoculars. It poses no collision risk and will not come this close again until 2133.
A detailed account of building an ultra-wide-field 153mm f/2.8 telescope named Wallace and combining it with hiking for observational astronomy.