Mo.faroography

17/01/2026

Green flash
Mediterranean Sunset

16/01/2026

Comet 3I/ATLAS (An Interstellar visitor)

The comet is believed to be originating from outside of our solar system.
It was discovered by ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Chile on 1 July 2025. It is the third interstellar (31) discovered object known to be coming from outside our solar system.

Nikon D5300
Rokinon 135mm F2.0
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro
Optolong Clear Sky Filter

23/11/2025

15/01/2026

The Whirlpool galaxy

The Whirlpool galaxy (M51) is a spiral galaxy famous for its swirling structure. The galaxy is located at about 31 million light years away at constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with another dwarf galaxy known as NGC5195 creating tidal streams and enhancing star formation.

Nikon D5300
Rokinon 135mm
Optolong clear sky filter

14/01/2026

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Whether captured with a dedicated camera or smartphone, let's see your best Moon shots

Image credit: Mohamed Farouk, Cairo, Egypt, 12 April 2025

08/11/2025

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) above the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the New Administrative Capital City in Egypt

The comet was discovered in January 2025 by the Mount Lemmon Survey, using a 60-inch telescope at Mount Lemmon in Arizona, USA. It comes from the Oort Cloud which is the outermost region of our solar system and extends from 2,000 AU to about 100,000 AU from the Sun.
Due to its long periodic orbit (about 1350 years), the comet is not expected to return back until around the year 3175.

31/10/2025

The Grand Egyptian Museum

The world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization (ancient Egypt).

The $1bn museum is built on an area of 490,000 square meters, including exhibition galleries, a children’s museum, a conference hall, education facilities, and surrounding gardens.
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is located near the Giza Pyramids and contains more than 100,000 valuable artifacts from the prehistoric period to the Greco-Roman era.
For the first time, all of King Tutankhamun’s 5,000 artifacts, including his golden burial mask and coffin, will be displayed together at the museum. The Grand Egyptian Museum is a journey through time.

The GEM won the Versailles International Award, being one of the seven most beautiful museums in the world for 2024. The museum also won the Best Project worldwide award. The museum was awarded the EDGE Advance international certification for green buildings, making it the first green museum in Africa and the Middle East.

The grand opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum is set to be on the 1st of November 2025.

20/09/2025

Double strike
A meteor passed in front of the Andromeda Galaxy then another meteor passed in the same frame.
Meteors from Perseids

11/09/2025

Lunar eclipse at the Kottamia Astronomical Observatory in Egypt

A composite of September 2025 Lunar eclipse over the 74-inch telescope at the Kottamia Astronomical Observatory.

17/07/2025

Strange purple spot after dawn

30/04/2025

Crescent Crown

Crescent moon atop a mosque's minaret.