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Wondering what you should be looking out for on Mars? Here is an infographic that picks out some famous spots for you. We’ve also included some awesome facts that may explain why we’re all so fascinated with this “red planet”. More Awesome Facts About Mars… Not all the facts made it to our infographic as […]
Here are some pictures from our astronomy night at our Mitcham store in Victoria. Our next astronomy open house is coming up again 3rd September 2014! Stay tuned for more details! Or if you have been meaning to come by to check out a telescope / binocular and wondering where our store is, we are located […]
“I need a telescope that I can use to look at ships, and see wildlife” We are emailed this question quite so often we thought we might write a bit about how telescopes work and what optical gear you actually need to view on land. To answer this question you should first be aware that there […]
Famous People With Moon Craters Named After Them – Optics Central Many famous astronomers, physicists, scientists, mathematician and philosophers are given a moon crater to be named after. Here is our attempt in mapping it all out on an infographic, to correlated famous people in history with the moon.
First of all, this post is going to be quite a general look at binoculars and telescopes, and a brief weigh up of the two – and hopefully it gives you an idea of what you get to see though these optics and point you toward a better purchase decision. Binoculars Binos come with two […]
If you are looking at a hassle free, simple set-up telescope to gift to someone, I would recommend the Saxon 767AZ Telescope. It is a 76mm telescope with a focal length of 700mm. A great size to get you close to the moon and its craters. What I find really good value about this telescope […]
This infographic offers a simple and friendly explanation of Moon Phases with the help of Oreo Cookies! I can’t think of a better way to learn about Moon Phases… by OpticsCentral
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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