Siddardh BudamaguntaJun 7, 20213 min readOmega Centauri: Photos from IndiaIt has been a while since I have last posted, I have been busy for the last few months, but I finally got the chance. Due to some...
Siddardh BudamaguntaApr 9, 20212 min readThe Orion Nebula: An updateAfter a couple of months break from astrophotography, I decided I had to do some more photography before spring ended. After coming up...
Siddardh BudamaguntaMar 2, 20212 min readPhotographing the MoonThe Moon, something everyone has seen and admired, is our closest neighbor in space. Whether it's with their phone camera or a DSLR,...
Siddardh BudamaguntaJan 19, 20214 min readThe Pleiades: A Naked Eye Star ClusterThe Pleiades(M45), which are also called the Seven Sisters, is an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. It is one of the...
Siddardh BudamaguntaDec 24, 20203 min readThe Great Conjunction: My ResultsOne of main things I was worried about prior to the Great Conjunction was cloud cover. Luckily, there were no clouds and I was able to...
Siddardh BudamaguntaDec 19, 20202 min readThe Great Conjunction of 2020: A dance between Jupiter and SaturnOver the last few months, Jupiter and Saturn have been inching closer and closer to each other in the night sky, and on December 21st...
Siddardh BudamaguntaDec 11, 20203 min readThe Tweedledum and Tweedledee Star Clusters: an unplanned treatThe Tweedledum(NGC 6633) and Tweedledee(IC 4756) Star Clusters are a pair of open star clusters located over 1000 light-years away. ...
Siddardh BudamaguntaNov 29, 20202 min readThe Andromeda Galaxy: Distant and BeautifulThe Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, located about 2.5 million light-years from us here on Earth. This makes it the closest...
Siddardh BudamaguntaNov 17, 20202 min readThe Orion Nebula: My JourneyOrion Nebula is one of the most beautiful nebulae in the night sky and it is also one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky making it...
Siddardh BudamaguntaOct 17, 20203 min readHow it Started Anyone that has joined the hobby of Astronomy knows that they had a beginning that made them join the hobby, whether it was first looking...