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- September 21, 2022
When you’re shopping for a telescope, you’ll come across a lot of new terms that you might not recognize. One of these terms is aperture, and it’s vitally important but the purpose isn’t immediately obvious. So, what is aperture for, and how much does...
- August 31, 2022
While it might sound like the title of a horror movie or the latest album from your favorite alternative rock band, a Blood Moon has nothing to do with either one. It does, however, have links to astronomy, but the name is still a little misleading. So...
- July 27, 2022
Observatories are home to some of the biggest and most impressive telescopes in the world. As many amateur astronomers know, there are many ways to experience the night sky beyond looking through a backyard telescope. Learn more about observatories in...
- July 15, 2022
There are a lot of names given to the Moon these days. Whether it’s a New Moon, Old Moon, Blood Moon, Super Moon, Blue Moon, or Black Moon, it appears as though there’s a Moon for every occasion. One of these - the Harvest Moon - has been around for hundreds...
- June 14, 2022
The Moon isn’t always the consistent companion we expect -- at times it’s clearly seen in the evening sky, while on other occasions it appears ghostly gray against the pale blue of the morning or afternoon. Careful observation reveals a pattern to its...
- May 26, 2022
You finally bought your first telescope. Congratulations! You’re all set and ready for some ‘stellar’ celestial observation. But what happens when you want better viewing and new gadgets to make your hobby even more rewarding?
- May 13, 2022
Earth’s atmosphere is a wonderful thing. It lets us breathe and helps us stay warm, despite our living on a rock that’s moseying along in the frigidness of space. But sometimes, for astronomers especially, it can be a real pain.
- April 08, 2022
Eclipses are one of the most exciting celestial events we can witness here on Earth, especially a Total Eclipse! 2022 had both a partial and a total eclipse of the Moon as well as a partial eclipse of the Sun, but 2023 and 2024 have that beat! In October...
- April 06, 2022
You’ve probably heard of a nebula before. Maybe it’s because you’ve seen them in sci-fi movies and TV shows, where they’ll hang in the background to make the blackness of space look more appealing. They’re often stunningly beautiful in photographs and...
- March 28, 2022
The Andromeda Galaxy has been seen in our skies for generations. The first astronomer to formally describe the Andromeda Galaxy was the Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi. Al-Sufi wrote that the Andromeda Galaxy was a “little cloud” in the year...
- March 09, 2022
You’ve probably heard a lot about the stars and constellations but may not know a lot about them. It can be a difficult and daunting prospect to learn the different facets of a new hobby, so with that in mind, we’d like to help you with our list of the...
- March 01, 2022
There are a few clusters in the sky that, as amateur astronomers, we learn to identify very early on. Messier 44, aka the Beehive Cluster, is one of them. Located roughly midway between Castor and Pollux in Gemini and Regulus in Leo, this night sky sight...
- February 01, 2022
Saturn is now lost within the Sun’s glare, which means Jupiter is now the only bright planet visible in the evening sky. It appears low in the southwest shortly after sunset for most of February, with a crescent Moon to its lower left on the 2nd.
- December 20, 2021
Achieving top performance from your Schmidt Cassegrain telescope is easier than most folks realize and certainly worth the effort for obtaining the best views possible from your instrument. Accurate collimation is extremely important for these compound...
- November 24, 2021
In this video, Teagan reviews the Celestron AstroMaster 114 EQ. This reflector telescope is an excellent beginner option for an adult or older child. It's easy to set up and the 4.5” mirror will provide clear and bright images of the Moon, the planets...
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