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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Telescopes and binoculars | No Comments »
When people think of telescopes, reflecting telescopes are usually the last things that come to mind. Rather, people tend to think of a straight tube with lenses at either side. ... Read more..Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in Space and space travel | No Comments »
A celestial body orbiting another celestial body of larger size is a satellite. An artificial satellite is a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or ... Read more..Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in General Astronomy | No Comments »
Billions of galaxies exist in the known Universe, and not any two are explicitly the same. Galaxies are large compared to what we can comprehend, various thousands of light years ... Read more..Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in Aliens and Wild Speculation | No Comments »
SETI, or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, has been an ongoing endeavor for many decades. Clear? In the early days, it was expected to be a quick success, so much so ... Read more..Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Telescopes and binoculars | No Comments »
When aspiring astronomers look for quality optics that will let them peer into the unknown reaches of void, Meade telescopes are an excellent choice. And so... So far so good. ... Read more..Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Hubble | No Comments »
The Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting around the Earth & owes its name to Edwin Hubble who made the discovery of galaxies that lay outside the Milky Way as ... Read more..Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Telescopes and binoculars | No Comments »
Web cams have changed amateur astrophotography profoundly. You can now have a CCD for a fraction of the cost. Web cams can take awesome planetary & lunar astrophotos right out ... Read more..Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in General Astronomy | No Comments »
Billions of galaxies reside in the known Universe, and not any two are completely the same. Galaxies are sizable compared to what we can comprehend, various thousands of light years ... Read more..Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in Telescopes and binoculars | No Comments »
When a nature enthusiast is using their binoculars to take in the sights of nature, such as bird watching or watching deer in their natural habitat, holding a pair of ... Read more..Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Posted in Kids and Astronomy | No Comments »
For many generations various human cultures have had great knowledge about the star constellations. However, these days most of the so-called modernized breed of human cant tell you much about ... Read more..