Space Station Threshold

Greetings, Fellow Stratos Dwellers! Have you had more than your fair share of clouds lately and are hankering for a few photons? Skies haven't been spectacular in this part of the world either and when it is clear, the heat is sure making it difficult to get a nice steady view. But, it's [...]

Have you ever wondered what it was like to look through a real telescope? After all the exciting news we've heard about Mars, I thought it might be fun to let you take a look through a small telescope and see what Mars really looks like. (...)Read the rest of Tammy's Telescope - Last Look [...]

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's that time again and darker skies are in our favor for this weekend. Are you working towards Astronomical League studies? The tag along as we seek out one of the most difficult of all targets - Palomar 5. But don't despair - there's just slightly easier ones [...]

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As the Moon slowly departs from the early evening scene, we have the chance to start the weekend off with shooting stars as we pass through a branch of the Ophiuchid meteor stream. Over the next few days we'll take a closer look at variable stars, new star clusters and [...]

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As the summer heats up for the northern hemisphere and the winter cools down the southern, we're in for interesting celestial scenery over the next few days. No special equipment is needed - only your eyes and the knowledge of knowing where and when to look…. (...)Read the rest of SkyWatcher [...]

When it comes to the mighty Jupiter - and seeing Jupiter's moons through a small telescope or binoculars - timing is everything. Jupiter's satellites are constantly on the move, and almost any time you observe you'll see at least one. The four largest of Jupiter's moons are known as the Galileans, and go [...]

Got a pair of binoculars and ready to put them to use by viewing some great binocular astronomy targets? Now that the Moon is quickly leaving the early evening skies, we're ready to begin. Just give yourself ample time to allow your eyes to dark adapt. No matter what size binoculars you have, [...]

One of my many hats is as the president of a public observatory, helping people discover the wonders of the night sky. On many occasions people have come into the observatory with a certificate and locater chart to help them find the star they named. Since the fourth century BC, mankind has been looking up [...]

Astronomy is best when you get outside and look into the skies with your own eyes. And the best way to get started is with a set of binoculars for astronomy. They're light, durable, easy to use, and allow you to see objects in the night sky that you just couldn't see with your own [...]