This is a very sad day in the world of astronomy with the loss of a great friend and a pioneering genius among astroimagers. Jack Newton was one of a kind, and pushed color, deep-sky imaging way forward back when it was terribly hard in practice. We will greatly miss you, Jack.

Last night’s terrific aurora captured by Adrian Bradley in Michigan — it seems that huge numbers of astronomy enthusiasts got to see it!

Recently John Chumack captured Barnard 150, the Seahorse Nebula, a meandering dark cloud in Cepheus. It lies about 1,200 light-years away and really stands out nicely against the rich Milky Way background.

Check out this extraordinary image of a star-forming region, NGC 7822 in Cepheus, by Frank Dibbell. About 3,000 light-years distant, the cloud of mostly hydrogen is slowly producing a star cluster, Berkeley 59, a group of young suns a few million years old.

Another fantastic portrait of Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, this taken by Chris Schur on October 24. Enjoy!

On November 4 Scott Dearinger captured the nearly Full Moon, incredibly alive with features and scars of the Late Heavy Bombardment in the early days of the solar system.

Look at this great image of Barnard 142 and 143, “Barnard’s E,” in Aquila, captured in great form by John Chumack. Does anyone care to take up the challenge of counting the stars in this rich Milky Way field?

A rare phenomenon: Chris Cook captured the green flash on the evening of October 30 as the Sun set into the Pacific Ocean as seen from Seal Beach, California.

Check out Tony Hallas’s new image of the polar-ring galaxy NGC 660 in Pisces, a really unusual object. It’s a lenticular galaxy with its stretched ring, and is unique structurally, the result of an interaction.

The heart of the Heart Nebula, IC 1805 in Cassiopeia, imaged by Robert Eckheart and with processing by Scott Dearinger. A deep look inside a stellar nursery!

Look at this wonderful shot of Uranus and its moons taken by Jamie Cooper on October 29! A journey to an outer world that William Herschel would be proud of!

Check out this cool shot of Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon on October 28 in a star field above and left of Mike Weasner’s observatory in Oracle, Arizona. What a neat image!!

OK, here’s a quiz based on Tony Hallas’s new image he has just sent me, presented here. Can anyone identify the nebulosity in Cassiopeia he has captured here?

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon captured by Chris Schur on October 24, showing its wonderfully constructed tail. What a nice sight it is, even with a Moon in the sky. Get out and see this comet!

Michael Bakich and I had fun observing this comet last night. Here is Chris Schur’s spectacular image, captured on October 25, of Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon. What a breathtaking shot — congrats, Chris!

Terrible and sad news yesterday of the loss of Al Nagler, one of the true giants of the astronomy world. He was an incredibly nice guy, an inspiration, and a true friend from my earliest days of meeting him at Stellafane many years ago. His innovations are incredible, and he will be missed. — DJE

A fantastic shot of Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, from a couple nights ago! This was taken by Constantine Emmanouilidi, from Greece. Spectacular!

On October 23 Tim Hunter captured Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN as it made its way across rich star fields in Capricornus. At this time the comet glows with a total magnitude of about 6.3. Enjoy!

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon imaged by Tim Hunter on October 23, showing a fine tail in this short exposure. Enjoy!

Look at this beautiful desert shot of the Moon with earthshine and Venus in the early morning sky, taken in California by Chris Cook on October 19. A beauty!

The second bright comet in the sky right now is C/2025 R2 SWAN, here captured by Chris Cook on October 18. The objects at right are the Eagle and Omega nebulae in Serpens and Sagittarius. Catch these bright comets!

On October 18 Chris Cook imaged Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, capturing its long ion and dust tails and its overall magnitude of about 4. Enjoy!

On October 16 Tim Hunter captured Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon in the morning sky, as it hovered around 4th magnitude. Enjoy!

On October 17 Richard Whitehead caught Comet 2025 R2 SWAN, at about 5th magnitude, zipping past the Eagle and Omega nebulae in Serpens and Sagittarius. A beautiful shot, and get out to catch this comet!

This field in Cepheus and Cygnus is loaded, and was captured beautifully by Chris Schur. At center is the dark nebula Barnard 150. The big emission nebula to its left is Sh 2-129, the Flying Bat Nebula. To the right of B150 lies the pair of a galaxy (NGC 6946) and open cluster (NGC 6939).

Richard Whitehead’s image of the Wizard Nebula in Cepheus, NGC 7380, shows its impressive range of nebulosity and color as the gas begins to form a young open cluster.

Despite universal expansion, on small scales gravitation often brings things together. Such is the case with interacting galaxies such as the Antennae, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 in Corvus. These galaxies in a merger lie 70 million light-years away, and were captured by Frank Dibbell.

With Halloween approaching, Al Papsun recently captured this spooky and inspiring portrait of the Full Moon. Enjoy!

Chris Schur has created the deepest shot he’s ever taken of the Veil Nebula and area, and I think it’s the deepest shot of the Veil I’ve ever seen. A deep look at one of the sky’s best supernova remnants!

The Wizard Nebula in Cepheus, NGC 7380, is a star-forming region lying some 8,500 light-years away. The magnificent portrait by Bob Fera and Steve Mandel shows its complete expanse of some 40 light-years across as the material slowly accretes into a new generation of stars.