Finding stuff to see in the eyepiece
Now that your telescope is all ready, take it outside and start viewing the night sky.
Now that your telescope is all ready, take it outside and start viewing the night sky.
Using a telescope for the first time is not the easiest thing to do, expectations need to be realistic.
ESA is planing on launching the CHEOPS satellite later this year. It will be used to collect more accurate information on exoplanets from systems known to already have exoplanets.
If you’re going to take the plunge and buy a telescope then think carefully and weigh up all of the options and seek plenty of advice. This article covers some of the things I learned when I got my first reasonable telescope.
It’s nearly Christmas and you’re wondering what to buy that budding astronomer you know. Here’s some advice on where to start so you get them hooked on astronomy.
SpaceX is well advanced in it’s plans to build a huge rocket to take humans to Mars and they plan to do this by 2024. This article has a closer look at the Big Falcon Rocket to see what’s so special about it.
With all the talk of going back to the moon, we thought it’d be good to recap on who is doing what in the coming years about returning to the Moon.
Where are the satellites? We hear a lot about GPS, Hubble, the ISS and a load of other satellites, but not often where they are or much about how they got there, or how they stay there.
A great reason to look up at the night sky is that you might see a supernova like the the one that Albert Jones spotted in 1987.
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