<p></p> <p>The James Webb Space Telescope is undergoing final integration and testing that will require more time to ensure a successful mission. Following a new assessment of the remaining tasks on
<p>In northern Chile, at 16,500 feet above sea level, scientists from around the world are building the world’s largest radio telescope. When completed in 2013, sixty-six huge antennas – some
<p><strong><a href="https://www.nightskyobserver.com/contact/guest-posting/" target="_blank">Guest Post</a> by Melinda Wilson</strong></p> <p>Whether you are an amateur or veteran astronomer you are probably all too familiar with the difficulties inherent in observing the stars. The big
<p>Big sunspot AR1429, which emerged over the weekend, is crackling with strong flares.</p> <p>This morning the active region produced an <a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html?PHPSESSID=0798dfrgeu8aljdqfmr1e34fh0" target="_blank">X1-class</a> eruption and a bright coronal mass ejection (CME).
<p>A new video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows huge blasts of plasma, called solar prominences, curling around the sun’s tumultuous magnetic field. The remarkable activity was captured Nov. 14
<p>NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has spotted one of the largest new sunspots to appear on the surface of the sun in years. It is nearly 25,000 miles wide, or more
<p>The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/product.php?id=141&class1=1&class2=100">Skywatcher 80ED</a> arrived on Friday along with the dual-mount bar for mounting two telescopes side-by-side on a telescope mount. As far as I know this scope
<p>During the early hours of August 1st, NASA’s <a href="http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" target="_blanK">Solar Dynamics Observatory</a> recorded a complex global disturbance on the Earth-facing side of the sun.</p> <p>Most of the sun’s northern hemisphere
<p>A few nights ago saw 2nd light using the EQ6. For some reason , I couldn’t get a 3-star alignment. The mount is permanently set up in the <a target="_blanK"
<p>After months of inactivity, I finally got around to plugging the SynScan hand controller into the EQ6 and powering everything up. No bangs, flashes or fizzles with trails of wispy