Eyepiece Set The SkyWatcher Explorer 130P is, in my opinion, a very good entry level telescope for someone who wants to get into astronomy on a fairly limited budget. Priced in the range £180 to £200 (UK Sterling), the telescope should hopefully be affordable to most people. Unpacking and setting up the telescope was very [...]

Telescope Eyepieces How to Use Telescopes : Telescope Eyepieces When beginning astronomers start looking at telescopes, one of the least understood aspects of these optical instruments are simple telescope eyepieces. While lenses and mirrors and designs are easy to grasp, the actual eyepiece itself can be somewhat confusing. However, they are vital parts of the [...]

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Gemini Autographs Astrologically Speaking, Did you all know that Today is the greatest day of all Time? Yes and I can prove it. Today is the day when this specific Aries was brought onto this world. Today is the day wherever I go, people say “I wish I was like you!”. Today is the day [...]

Eyepieces Nlv Planetary Eyepiece for 8 inch dob? I’m having trouble deciding which planetary eyepiece to get for my 8 inch dobsonian, my budget is around 150$ and I was wondering whether a good amount of eye relief is too much of a quality sacrifice. The four that I have been looking at are; Celestron [...]

Campo Del So you want to tour northern Italy in December, but just aren’t sure what to see and what to do. Don’t despair; there are lots and lots of special events that simply aren’t available in the good old summertime. Here are a few of them. Get rolling; December is almost upon us. We [...]

Atlas Space Program In 1952, the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) announced the International Geophysical Year (IGY), a time span between July 1957 to December 1958. This period was to be filled with numerous scientific experiments and studies about Earth. It was in 1955 that the Soviet Union surprised the world by announcing the [...]

Film Solar How much raw semiconductor material is used by thin film solar modules? Silicon cells use wafers about 200 microns thick. Thin films use layers just a few microns thick. But how much is that really? How many cells can First Solar make out of 1 kg of CdTe? use less than 1% of [...]

Refracting Telescopes When aspiring astronomers look for quality optics that will let them peer into the unknown reaches of void, Meade telescopes are an excellent choice. With a wide variety of telescopes, mounts, and filters available, Meade provides options for the backyard stargazer and the serious student alike. Which is why Meade telescopes are trusted [...]