Curiosity. Then a closer look.
Scroll to follow the light ↓Light enters the lens.
It travels the length of the tube.
And lands on the camera.
The night sky rewards a second glance. These photographs and stories begin with a question—and follow the light somewhere unexpected.
Ten photographs so far, from glowing nebulae to galaxies seen edge-on.
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A galaxy seen along its luminous edge.NGC 253 · The Sculptor Galaxy →
A shared sky. A collective ambition.
What becomes possible when astrophotographers share access, experience, and the work of making an image? My May 2026 cover story follows the Gateway Project and the people behind its view of the night sky.
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Rick Mavrovich is a New York-based astrophotographer and board member of the Amateur Astronomers Association (AAA), founded in 1927 and approaching its centennial. He is also a founding operator of the AAA Gateway Project, a collaborative remote imaging initiative with telescopes in Texas and Chile. He has written about astronomy and remote astrophotography for Sky & Telescope and the AAA. His work is driven by curiosity, experimentation and a fascination with what we can discover when we turn our instruments toward the night sky.
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