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We’ve got guides on everything from the basics of telescopes and astrophotography to collimation of a Schimdt-Cassegrain Telescope.
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Our digital society makes astronomy quite foolproof and streamlined with software and smartphone apps that tell us what we can see from our exact geo-location. I’m a lazy astronomer by some standards and tend to refer to these applications for sheer lack of of motivation… sometimes. But there’s always the simple poster-like moon map that […]
Our designer design a fun infographic to give you some background to the term – Supermoon.
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You want an optical instrument that can help you get a closer view of the beach. Apart from binoculars, what ground standing gear can you use? You won’t be limited by choices, that is for sure, but what’s a good scope to have have in the home? Spotting scopes or Refractors are great options. There […]
The Celestron NexStar SE series of telescopes in an excellent novice to intermediate level telescope for both stargazing and astrophotography. The portable 6-inch, 30-pound Schimidt-Cassegrain telescope comes with everything you need to begin recording the sky. It features precision optics with a focal length of 1500 mm and offers 44% more light-gathering power than most 5-inch […]
The first steps for anyone wishing to start out in astronomy would be seeking out a new instrument to help him observe the night sky better. A search into telescopes or sometimes binoculars, will ensue. It may turn out to be an intimidating process whilst doing so, because there are hundreds of astronomy jargon out […]