1. Meade Telescopes For the Serious Astronomer

Meade Telescopes For the Serious Astronomer Learning About the Three Telescope Types Since the Renaissance, scientists have been using telescopes built originally by people who made glasses and made ...

2. The Distances To Stars

... kilometers). Proxima Centauri is about 4.2 light-years from Earth – that's a lot more convenient than using 24,689,794,389,764 miles! Since a light-year is the distance light travels in one year, and ...

3. How Stars Get Their Names

... have been singled out with traditional names for centuries. Polaris, for example, is the one star that seems to occupy a fixed position in the heavens. People have been using it as a navigation aid for ...

4. Lunar Watching Software Opens the Skies

... you are sure to get a good wide field to see many areas of the moon. Try using a tripod for an even better visual field with added clarity. • If you are using a telescope, more detail will be available ...

5. Your Young Astronomer Will Love a Kid's Telescope

... can’t be stressed enough. Even the basic kids’ telescopes can be confusing to use the first few times. It is advisable for the parent to read through the instruction manual and help the child astronomer ...

6. Equipment for the Amateur Astronomer - Part 1

... societies have welcomed the new technology openly, others have decried its introduction as it stops newcomers from learning their way around the skies using a technique called star hopping. In some ways, ...