Kyle Denny
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the shadow of the Earth falls upon the surface of the Moon. You may think that a lunar eclipse should occur every month when the Moon is Full, however because the Moon’s orbit, a lunar eclipse will only happen at most t...
Join our team member, Kyle Denny, as well as Scott Mitchell, Director of the OCC Planetarium in Costa Mesa California, as we share with you views of the May 26th, 2021 total lunar eclipse! We answer questions about the eclipse and share two separate views...
Join our team member, Kyle Denny, as well as Scott Mitchell, Director of the OCC Planetarium in Costa Mesa California, as we share with you views of the May 26th, 2021 total lunar eclipse! We answer questions about the eclipse and share two separate...
While we generally do not recommend doing astrophotography with a manual Dobsonian telescope, you can certainly take quick photos of the Moon, the planets, some bright deep-sky objects and maybe even the International Space Station! All it takes is a...
In astrophotography, one of the most important steps to ensure an amazing photograph of the night sky is to get your telescope in proper focus. There are many ways to do this, however, the easiest method is to use a Bahtinov Mask...
Astrophotographers must align their equatorial mounts to the North Star, Polaris. Polaris is currently the closest star to the celestial north pole and the objects in the night sky essentially rotate around this point. Mounts aligned to Polaris can effectively...
Of the eight planets in our solar system, only five are visible to the naked eye in our night sky: Mercury and Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The last two planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune, are so faint that they were only discovered...
While it doesn’t 100% prevent dew buildup the entire night, a dew shield will prevent dew from immediately forming on your front-end lens or corrector plate. The dew shield will also help insulate your telescope, keeping it warmer and the temperature o...