Voyager Telescope

Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, has a retinue of 63 satellites (at last count) and shields Earth from inbound comets. One of it’s moons, Europa, is suspected of harboring an ocean beneath its icy crust, one that has a very good chance of supporting life.

Jupiter is a spectacular planet when… [Click here to continue]

If you have ever tried looking through a telescope without a telescope mount to steady your equipment, you understand the difficulty of focusing on a set object in the night skies. Compound that problem with a heavenly body that is actually moving across the sky and you realize that it is almost impossible to track… [Click here to continue]

Want to have more fun with your Nintendo Wii? How about controlling an Orion Telescope Mount with a Wii controller? Watch this video on how to do it.

This video shows you how to make a Wiimote controls an Orion Atlas EQ-G (Also known as Eq6) mount. I used GlovePIE, BlueSoleil, and PPJoy to make… [Click here to continue]

So you have decided that you want to take up astronomy. Many do! It’s a fascinating hobby after all. Many take up astronomy because their interest has been fired by a TV documentary which introduces them to the wonders of the heavens. Others become interested after talking to an avid amateur astronomer, and get bitten… [Click here to continue]

Images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a massive black hole is battering another galaxy. Spooky, yet magnificent.

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Ever since man could wonder, he turned his face to wonder towards the stars. This is something that everyone knows, and something that everyone has probably seen at one time or another. With the invention of telescopes, man was able to actually get a big closer of a look at the things that have held… [Click here to continue]

This is breathtaking and mind boggling – Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even… [Click here to continue]

When viewing distant objects through the use of a telescope, the most important part of that telescope is called the objective. The objective is that component of the telescope that has the ability of gathering the light that is available. Obviously, the larger the objective the greater is the capacity of the telescope to… [Click here to continue]

Telescope maintenance is as important as star gazing itself – a well-maintained telescope will give you the best experience in star gazing.

Clean telescope lenses and mirrors only every few years and never use a T-shirt or finger to wipe viewing surfaces. Check out this video tips on how to maintain your telescope.

Expert: Rocky… [Click here to continue]

Meade‘s revolutionary LS LightSwitch series of telescopes use advanced technologies like GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD imaging to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope.

With scopes a buyer has to approach with patience and the right expectations. There are plenty of articles out… [Click here to continue]