Astronomy Hub
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...
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 p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 lar...
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 wonde...
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 i...
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...
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...
What will you see in the sky in 2024? Learn where the planets will be in 2024 and when solar eclipses, meteor showers & eclipses of the Moon will take place. The High Point 2024 Astronomical Calendar is your guide to the night sky for every month of...
In this episode of What's in the Sky this Month, Teagan reviews some of the beautiful celestial objects you can see in December 2023...
The brand-new Sharpstar 50EDPH has 50mm of aperture and a wide field of view of 275mm, resulting in a fast f/5.5 focal ratio. What does this mean? You can now gather a large amount of light in a short amount of time...