Nebulae are among the most beautiful, complex, and least understood objects in the entire Universe, with how we perceive them often depending upon our skill in manipulating photographic images, rather than our observation skills. Once […]
With December comes colder temperatures and the shortest day of the year in which the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun. At least after December 21st, the days will begin to lengthen, […]
While northern hemisphere observers can observe a total of 30 constellations at various times of the year, there are seven constellations traditionally associated with the winter months, headed by Orion, with its nearby constellations including […]
Last month, Hawaiian based astronomers using the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS 1 telescope discovered the first confirmed asteroid in our solar system originating from another star. While the reddish, cigar-shape object has been given the […]
The purpose of this article is not to discourage you from buying a telescope. Far from it, we are only trying to discourage you from buying a telescope before you have learned your way around […]
Also known as Collinder 50 and Melotte 25, the Hyades cluster is the closest open cluster to Earth, and one of the most intensely studied clusters in the entire sky. All told, the Hyades contains […]
The Sun really does not need an introduction, except to say that it is not yellow, but pure white, and that it is not an average star. In fact, there are no average stars, as […]
The purpose of this list is to show that you do not always need a telescope to observe literally thousands of spectacular deep-sky objects (DSOs) in the night sky. In most cases, the objects on […]
Canis Major may be only the 43rd biggest of the 88 recognized constellations, but it does have the distinction of containing the night sky’s most luminous star, Sirius, a double star situated 8.6 light years […]
With each successive generation of telescopes, more about the wonders and complexities of the Universe are revealed than could ever have been imagined. It is therefore natural to ask who invented the telescope? Nevertheless, the […]
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