Amateur Space Images

Imagine diving into digital archives, excavating previously unappreciated images from other worlds, and electronically piecing them together to present new pictures to our world.  That’s what The Planetary Society, in partnership with UnmannedSpaceflight.com, is pleased to host – an archive of amateur-processed space images.

Browse by clicking on an icon, then sort by date and keywords.  Or look at images by contributor and consider submitting your own.

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WISE spacecraft's first asteroid discovery after 2013 reactivation

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

First light for WISE

WISE's first near-Earth asteroid, 2010 AB78

WISE's near-Earth asteroid survey

Asteroid and Comet Census from WISE

Gemini Observatory shows WISE J104915.57-531906 is binary

Proper motion reveals nearby brown dwarf pair WISE J104915.57-531906

Artist's concept of nearby binary brown dwarfs WISE J104915.57-531906