Star-trail photographs are a fantastic way to capture the beauty of the stars and create an abstract photograph. It’s also a great way to get into astrophotography if you don’t have a telescope.
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This is how the much debated calendar of year 2012 will look like.
03.04 January 2012 - Quadrantids. Quadrantid meteor shower, get to have up to 40 meteors per hour, usually on 3 and 4 January, but...
In a word – value. A Newtonian reflector offers more performance for your observing dollar than any other telescope type.
The reflector's large light-gathering area and relatively short focal length...
For serious lunar, planetary, globular cluster, and binary star observing – as well as for surprisingly good views of the brighter Messier, NGC, and IC catalog objects – many amateur astronomers prefer...
Palomar is an Italian company that has been one of the leading traditional Florentine optic companies since 1956. The current management has decided to develop its bent for design by skilfully combining...
This space souvenir sheet from the United States Postal Service features exploration of the solar system with five sun-related high face value postage stamps. The sun images include the sun and corona,...