Posted on November 27, 2008

Telescope Shopping Tips From an Experienced Astronomer

Telescopes are popular gifts for Christmas, birthdays or other occasions ... but buyer beware! Many people live to regret their telescope purchasing decisions, either because they bought a cheap telescope that underperforms, or because they paid far...

Posted on September 19, 2008

The Last Mission To The Hubble Telescope

Article about NASA's last mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Telescope.

Posted on July 14, 2007

M49, M95, Pegasus Dwarf Galaxies Explained

Billions of galaxies exist in the known Universe, and not any two are completely the same. Galaxies are awesome compared to what we can comprehend, various thousands of light years across (a light year is approx 300,000kms a second!), others are...

Posted on April 4, 2007

A Look Into The Cosmos: How Telescopes Work

Since Galileo gifted the world with the telescope, technology has driven it along to becoming very hi-tech and very modern.

Posted on April 3, 2007

Astronomy Real Star Power

Astronomy has to be one the most humbling of all subjects to study. Just the thought of our universe, being like a grain of sand in a sandy shore of universes, is enough to make me want to crawl back under the sheets.