TRAPPIST-1 Is Up to Twice as Old as Our Own Solar System
If we want to know more about whether life could survive on a planet outside our solar system, it’s important to know the age of its…
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Watch the Solar Eclipse Live – Video Option 2
General programming will be broadcast until official Eclipse Programming begins at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT, 5pm GMT) with a preview show hosted from Charleston, South…
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Watch the Solar Eclipse Live – Video Option 1
General information about the eclipse will be broadcast until official Eclipse Programming begins at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT, 5pm GMT) with a preview show hosted…
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Watching Today’s Solar Eclipse if You’re Outside the Path of Totality
Today’s Total Solar Eclipse is one of the shorter ones, lasting 2 minutes and 40 seconds. If you’re in the USA, then 12 states lie along…
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Get Ready for Today’s Total Solar Eclipse
This Monday, Aug. 21, every state in the U.S. will have a chance to see one of the sky’s most captivating shows, a solar eclipse. Some,…
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Today Is Solar Eclipse Day!
While observers in North America will enjoy views of a total solar eclipse later today as the Moon slips between Earth and the Sun, it’s business…
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Choosing a Telescope – Part 3
Catadioptric Telescopes Continued… The [easyazon_link keywords=”Schmidt Cassegrain telescope” locale=”US” tag=”dublinnightskyob”]Schmidt Cassegrain[/easyazon_link] is the most popular type. The Maksutov is a variation with a differently shaped corrector. The…
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Choosing a Telescope – Part 2
Telescope Types: Achromatic Refractors [easyazon_link keywords=”Achromatic refractor” locale=”US” tag=”dublinnightskyob”]Achromatic refractors[/easyazon_link] are those with two lens elements at the front of a tube. They offer crisp, high…
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Choosing a Telescope – Part 1
Although it is possible to have many hours of pleasure observing the night sky using the naked eye or binoculars, at some point in every amateur…
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Equipment for the Amateur Astronomer
Beginner’s Telescopes Binoculars and telescopes and other astronomy equipment and accessories are the meat and potatoes of amateur astronomy. A good pair of binoculars is what…
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