HD 140283: The Star Older Than the Universe HD 140283 has been known to astronomers since before the start of World War I. William S. Adams measured its spectrum in 1912. He noted its exceptionally ...

Betelgeuse: The Red Supergiant with a Hidden Partner Between October 2019 and April 2020, Betelgeuse underwent an unprecedented dimming event. This star, one of the brightest in the night sky and ...

Delta Cephei: The Standard Candle That Burns Imperfectly Henrietta Leavitt spent countless hours in the early twentieth century examining photographic plates of variable stars in the Small Magellanic ...

AN ASTROPOETRY DIALOGUE WITH ALFREDO CARONIA By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Alfredo Caronia is an Italian amateur astronomer (and former officer in Rome) who discovered five asteroids and settled Read More

SIRIUS Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . After I photographed the Sun and Jupiter again, on February 11, 2026 I was also able to photograph the chief of the Winter Triangle (for Read More

JUPITER Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . After another snowfall, on February 4, 2026 I was able to photograph the Sun and Jupiter (for the first time this year). "There Read More