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- February 15, 2023
Setting up a telescope can take some time, especially if you’re in a hurry. Indeed, stargazing can be a very uncomfortable experience with the wrong gear. It can be hot, muggy, and the air filled with mosquitoes; or it can be frigid cold and your fingers...
- February 08, 2023
It can be a little confusing trying to learn about telescopes when you’re just starting out in astronomy, and you may be afraid of appearing clueless at your club’s next observing night. Besides the seemingly endless hardware choices, there are a lot...
- January 27, 2023
Apertura is making collimation easier with the premium Cheshire Collimation eyepiece. This cost-effective tool is the perfect accessory for aligning the optics on your Newtonian telescopes. Learn how you can use the Apertura Cheshire Collimation Eyepiece...
- January 25, 2023
Stars are born in clusters from huge clouds of gas and dust in space called nebulae. Eventually, most of these clusters will break apart as the individual stars drift away into space. The majority of open star clusters, therefore, comprise fairly young...
- January 18, 2023
Have you ever wondered how to create a really high-resolution image of the Moon? Something that looks straight out of the Apollo missions? The easiest way to do this is to combine panels at high magnification.
- January 11, 2023
There are eight planets in the solar system (including the Earth), and although you can see the five brightest with the naked eye, you really need a telescope to catch them at their best. Let’s review each one and get an idea of what you can expect to...
- January 04, 2023
As cities have grown and people have spread out across the globe, we’ve created a bit of a problem that affects amateur astronomers, casual stargazers, and anyone who wants to appreciate the night sky: light pollution.
- December 30, 2022
Collimation is alignment of the optics or process of aligning the optics inside a telescope. The more accurate the alignment of our optics are, the greater the chance that the telescope will function at its highest level of performance and provide a more...
- December 28, 2022
Many of us have been hearing about “outer space” for most of our lives. Whether it’s in books, magazines, or science fiction movies and TV shows, outer space has fired our imaginations for decades - and yet the concept has always remained vague and ill-defined...
- December 21, 2022
Trying to spot the International Space Station? You’re in luck. The International Space Station (ISS) is the third brightest object in the night sky, next to the Moon and Venus. At its very brightest, the ISS shines at a magnitude of -3. That’s brighter...
- November 30, 2022
Telescopes are amazing tools. Not only do they allow us to see distant objects that lie beyond the reach of our eyes, but they can also reveal details on objects that would otherwise remain unseen. It’s no exaggeration to say that telescopes have literally...
- November 23, 2022
Look through any telescope at the Moon and you’ll immediately notice something you can’t see with just your eyes - craters. But how did the craters form? Is the Moon the only world to have them? And what are some good craters to look at on the Moon?
- November 16, 2022
The Celestial objects we see in the sky appear to be located on the surface of a great sphere of immense diameter, with us at the center. This is called “the Celestial Sphere”. Understanding the Celestial Sphere is critical to understanding why, for example...
- November 09, 2022
The number of inventions that have changed the world is staggering, but one, in particular, has been able to change our view of the world—literally. When humans had nothing but their eyes to use as stargazing tools, questions abounded. What are the stars...
- November 03, 2022
Congratulations on purchasing Apertura Collimation Knobs for Celestron NexStar 130 SLT & StarSense Explorer 130AZ DX Telescopes. Get ready to improve your experience under the night sky by allowing for easier, tool-free collimation!
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