The SLOOH Interface SLOOH is a robotic observatory on the Canary Islands. Every Monday, whenever conditions permit viewing, you can participate in multiple SLOOH “missions” over the course of an hour-long session. What does SLOOH stand for? Apparently it’s about putting the OOH into SLEW! High atop Mount Teide, on Tenerife in the Canary Islands,…
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The SLOOH Robotic Telescope
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at
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“Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void” Book Review
Friday, October 1st, 2010 at
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2010: With her wry humor and inextinguishable curiosity, Mary Roach has crafted her own quirky niche in the somewhat staid world of science writing, showing no fear (or shame) in the face of cadavers, ectoplasm, or sex. In Packing for Mars, Roach tackles the strange science of space travel, and the psychology, technology, and politics that go into sending a crew into orbit. Roach is unfailingly inquisitive (Why is it impolite for astronauts to float upside down during conversations? Just how smelly does a spacecraft get after a two week mission?), and she[Read More]
Interactive 3D Space Station Views
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at
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NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover on Thursday, May 7. NASA and Microsoft’s Virtual Earth team developed the online experience with hundreds of photographs and Microsoft’s photo imaging technology called Photosynth. Using a click-and-drag interface, viewers…
“In the Shadow of the Moon” DVD Review
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at
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In the Shadow of the Moon (DVD/HD-DVD) Starring: Colonel Buzz Aldrin, USAF, R, Captain Alan Bean, USN, R, Captain Eugene Cernan, USN, R, Brig. Gen. Michael Collins, USAF, R, Brig. Gen. Charles Duke, USAF Update, June 2009: In the Shadow of the Moon is now available on Blu-Ray in the United Kingdom. It’s unclear if…
Meade mySKY Personal Planetarium
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 at
7:34 pm
Meade is introducing the $399 mySKY, a GPS-based point and shoot personal planetarium that can locate and identify 30,000 celestial objects and display sky maps, videos, images, and multimedia presentations about them on a built-in full-color LCD screen. The Meade mySKY lets you identify and find 30,000 objects in the sky – planets, stars, nebulae,…
Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
Friday, May 30th, 2008 at
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Meade LX200R 10-Inch Telescope Review
Saturday, December 29th, 2007 at
7:21 pm
I am relatively new to amateur astronomy. I’ve had a Meade ETX-125 for about 6 years, but it is only within the last 2 years that actually I found time to use it. Although it is a very capable telescope for its size, I wanted a bigger light bucket that was better suited for deep…
Astronomy eBooks on Amazon Kindle
Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at
7:35 pm
Astronomy Books on the Go… E-books have emerged from the shadows with Amazon’s recent launch its $189 Kindle e-book reader and service. And Amazon provide a wind range of astronomy-themed ebooks that can be downloaded into the Kindle for those who like to read on the go, have several books to hand without being weighed…
Star Ware Book Review
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 at
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Praise for Star Ware “Star Ware is still a tour de force that any experienced amateur will find invaluable, and which hardware-minded beginners will thoroughly enjoy.” – Robert Burnham, Sky & Telescope magazine “Star Ware condenses between two covers what would normally take a telescope buyer many months to accumulate.” – John Shibley, Astronomy magazine Whether you’re shopping for your first telescope or your fifth,[Read More]
Star Watch: The Amateur Astronomer’s Guide to Finding, Observing, and Learning About Over 125 Celestial Objects
Friday, December 12th, 2003 at
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Your Passport to the Universe The night sky is alive with many wonders––distant planets, vast star clusters, glowing nebulae, and expansive galaxies, all waiting to be explored. Let respected astronomy writer Philip Harrington introduce you to the universe in Star Watch, a complete beginner’s guide to locating, observing, and understanding these celestial objects. You’ll start by identifying the surface features of the Moon, the banded cloud tops of Jupiter, the stunning rings of Saturn, and other members of our solar system. Then you’ll venture out beyond our solar system, where you’ll learn tips and[Read More]
Meade ETX 90 Review – Part 2
Friday, November 21st, 2003 at
10:11 pm
By Kevin Berwick At this point you have 2 options, you can use the supplied paddle or AutoStar to view in alt-az mode, or you can set up the Autostar to allow full GOTO operation as well as motorised tracking. Unfortunately, it is impossible to use the telescope manually, you must use the motors to…
Meade ETX 90 Review – Part 1
Wednesday, November 19th, 2003 at
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By Kevin Berwick I bought a Meade ETX 90 telescope a number of years ago and have just got round to reviewing it recently. Let me say at this point that I have no undisclosed interest in the vendor or product reviewed here and I purchased the telescope via normal channels. At the time I…
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