The Vatican Observatory astrophoto calendars have been a tradition since the year 2000! Each month, the calendar features a beautiful photograph of the heavens by some of the leading astrophotographers from around the world.
Here’s a taste of the beautiful images of the heavens in the Vatican Observatory 2024 calendar:
The 2024 calendar features the works of:
- Dolphin Head Nebula – Warren Keller, USA
- NGC 2403 – Robert Gendler, USA
- M82 – Bernard Miller, USA
- NGC 3169 – Mark Hanson and Mike Selby (Stellar Winds Observatory, USA)
- Solar Eclipse – Anthony Ayiomamitis, Greece
- NGC 2903 – Bernhard Hubl, Austria
- Analemma – Marco Meniero, Italy
- M27 – J-P Metsavainio, Finland
- Iris Nebula – R. Jay GaBany, USA
- NGC 7497 & MBM 54 – Josef Pöpsel, Stefan Binnewies & Frank Sackenheim (Capella Observatory, Germany)
- NGC 772 – Bob Fera, USA
- M78 – Tony Hallas, USA
- Jupiter – Damian Peach, UK
- Fomalhaut – Adam Block (Steward Observatory – University of Arizona, USA)
