Page 22 - Astronomy Hub
- February 01, 2024
In this episode of What's in the Sky this Month, Teagan reviews some of the beautiful celestial objects you can see in February 2024!
- February 01, 2024
Saturn will be lost to the glare of the Sun by mid-month, but a thin, crescent Moon appears to the lower left of it shortly after sunset on the 10th. Neptune is too faint and low for proper observation, but Jupiter remains easily visible in the evening...
- January 31, 2024
Apertura is a company that seeks to provide better performance at a great price. When they turned their attention to focus masks, they found offerings that were of good quality but not wholly optimized and budget options that were less than ideal in terms...
- January 25, 2024
With all the options out there for solar eclipse glasses and safety being of the utmost importance, which brand should you choose? Don't trust your eyes to a random fly-by-night solar glasses brand featured on Amazon.
- January 17, 2024
We met with Aldrich Astronomical Society’s (AAS) President, Jim Zebrowski. Located in Paxton Massachusetts, Aldrich Astronomical Society, which was founded in 1932, is one of the oldest amateur astronomy clubs in the United States and is dedicated to...
- January 10, 2024
The brand new Celestron Origin: Intelligent Home Observatory just dropped! This innovative new telescope is more than just a smart telescope. The Origin contains so much amazing new technology that it's essentially a home observatory!
- January 10, 2024
Witnessing a rocket launch is one of the most awe-inspiring sights you can see. Rockets carry incredible payloads, such as flagship missions to Pluto, Jupiter, and other worlds, or carry people into space on historic and thrilling missions.
- January 03, 2024
We all dream of long, dark nights under a star-studded sky. We’ve all imagined looking up at the Milky Way arcing overhead, stretching from horizon to horizon. Regardless of our imaginings, there’s always one thing missing: light pollution.
- January 01, 2024
In this episode of What's in the Sky this Month, Teagan reviews some of the beautiful celestial objects you can see in January 2024!
- January 01, 2024
Saturn is low in the southwest after sunset and is visited by the waxing crescent Moon on the 14th. Similarly, you only have an hour or two to observe Neptune before it sinks too close to the horizon, but Jupiter remains visible throughout the evening...
- December 27, 2023
We’ve all seen them - an apparently random streak of light across the night sky that often vanishes as suddenly as it appears. Meteors, or shooting stars as they’re popularly known, are nothing more than tiny clumps of dust and rock particles, no larger...
- December 20, 2023
It’s time to plan the annual family vacation, and you’ve persuaded your nearest and dearest that some time under the stars would benefit everyone. So where do you want to go? Are you looking to venture overseas? Maybe you’d like to discover the wonders...
- December 14, 2023
William Optics just dropped ANOTHER new telescope! Introducing the Pleiades 68. This 68mm apochromatic refractor offers remarkable astrophotography performance with its 7 optical lenses. Through its fast focal ratio of f/3.8, William Optic’s patented...
- December 12, 2023
The patented William Optics Internal Focus Design (WIFD) makes its debut on the William Optics RedCat 51 Generation 3 Refractor! The addition of the WIFD system brings something that RedCat 51 fans have all been waiting for: out-of-the-box electronic...
- December 11, 2023
If you've never observed a solar eclipse, you may have a lot of expectations that differ from reality. Let’s go over some of those differences so you don’t find yourself disappointed when the eclipse occurs!