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- February 14, 2022
In 2004, NASA pointed the Hubble Space Telescope to a portion of the sky in the constellation of Ursa Major that – by all accounts – appeared completely empty of anything interesting.
- February 12, 2022
In this video Kyle goes over his preferred method of adding Ha to an LRGB image in PixInsight using narrowband data collected from an Optolong L-eNhance filter. This method works for any dual bandpass filter that enables the transmission of hydrogen alpha...
- February 07, 2022
There are few objects in the universe that present more mystery to us Earthlings than black holes. Until relatively recently, black holes were not thought to even exist.
- January 31, 2022
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of some of the best objects you can see in the winter sky. We'll be looking at the Orion Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Rosette Nebula, Pleiades, and so much more.
- January 19, 2022
In this video our team member, Kyle, reviews his preferred method to create stunning images of the night sky with PixInsight. Kyle reviews three images submitted by our followers on Instagram and take you through step-by-step how to edit them.
- January 06, 2022
In the year 2022, Mars will be once again returning to our night sky. Mars will reach “opposition”, or the closest approach to Earth, on December 7, 2022. This will be an exciting opportunity to observe Mars at its best and brightest!
- January 03, 2022
The moons of Saturn have long fascinated astronomers. As of this article being published, Saturn has 82 known moons with the number increasing. However, generally speaking, only eight of these moons can be successfully observed by an amateur.
- December 23, 2021
Variable stars have long been recorded in the night sky, ranging as far back as possibly some 3,000 years ago when the bright star, Algol, might have been noticed as dimming by the ancient Egyptians. Variable stars are stars that change in their luminosity...
- December 13, 2021
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of the Geminid Meteor Shower peak on the night of December 13, 2021.
- November 19, 2021
We're going live! Tune in with our team member, Kyle, as we share with you live views of the partial lunar eclipse visible beginning at 2am Eastern time on November 19th.
- November 16, 2021
In this video our team member, Kyle, goes over his method of capturing a lunar eclipse ahead of the November 19, 2021 partial lunar eclipse.
- November 15, 2021
The Celestron StarSense Explorer is a fantastic series of newtonians and refractors produced by Celestron. These telescopes are designed mainly for beginners and are quick-and-easy to set up in under five minutes in your backyard. The StarSense DX series...
- November 03, 2021
Travel telescopes? Portable telescopes? They sound exactly the same, right? Not so! A telescope that can easily be carried to your backyard might be a great portable telescope, but that same telescope might not necessarily fit into your briefcase on a...
- October 29, 2021
There are many different types of telescopes to choose from and each has their advantages and disadvantages when compared to each other, especially in regards to what your goals are when using a telescope for either visual astronomy or astrophotography...
- October 27, 2021
Comets have long mystified us Earthlings. Throughout history, hundreds of bright comets have been observed in the night sky. The most famous of which is Comet Halley, a bright periodic comet that makes itself known once every sixty years or so. But did...