Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe
Below are audio recordings of the lectures for Prof. Richard Pogge’s Winter 2006 Astronomy 162 class at the Ohio State University. Lecture notes are available on…
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The Kuiper Belt
Starting in 1992, astronomers have become aware of a vast population of small bodies orbiting the sun beyond Neptune. There are at least 70,000 “trans-Neptunians” with…
Read the article →What to Know When Buying Binoculars
Recommended Astronomy Binoculars We are asked nearly every day: “What are your best binoculars?” And every day we answer: “How do you plan on using them?”…
Read the article →Google Earth: Explore, Search and Discover
By Gary Nugent Google launched the highly anticipated full version of Google Earth, the search engine’s stand-alone global map utility on June 28th. The application [~10Mb]…
Read the article →Spaceport New Mexico and the X-Prize Cup Part 2
by Charles Vane The X Prize Foundation and the state of New Mexico hope that the X Prize Cup wil draw large crowds to southern New…
Read the article →Spaceport New Mexico and the X-Prize Cup – Part 1
by Charles Vane The X Prize Foundation and the state of New Mexico hope that the X Prize Cup wil draw large crowds to southern New…
Read the article →LunarPhase Pro Review (By Chuck Taylor)
Main screen for LunarPhase Pro. Do you remember when you were a kid and wanted one of those fancy Swiss Army Knifes? There in one red…
Read the article →The Aurora
The Aurora (also known as the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis or Aurora Australis) is a luminous glow of the upper atmosphere which is caused by energetic…
Read the article →LunarPhase Pro Review (By Astronomy Magazine)
The moon: big, bright, feature-rich but impeached by many astronomers who fight its glare to view the dim light from far-off galaxies. Far from being a…
Read the article →LunarPhase Pro Review (By Kevin Berwick)
Main screen for LunarPhase Pro. Click for larger version. Since the publication of Charles Wood’s ‘Lunar 100’, in Sky and Telescope I have become a very…
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