Articles Tagged with telescopes

Old telescopes

Still useful

The problem is funding.

Read More

Share Button

Gaps in knowledge

High and low

We note some gaps in our expertise.

Read More

Share Button

A guide for the universe

Too much to deal with

Do you need help to contemplate the universe?

Read More

Share Button

Old-fashioned astronomers (I)

Arlo Landolt

The importance of calibration.

Read More

Share Button

A small tool

One step beyond the eyes

We consider an anachronism.

Read More

Share Button

Telescope economics

Precision low-tech

We consider whether to build or buy.

Read More

Share Button

Proof and re-proof

Testing the theory again

General Relativity passes another test of its predictions.  Why bother?

Read More

Share Button

The Crescent Sun

Enjoying a partial eclipse

We didn’t make it to the path of totality last week.  But we found that a partial eclipse can be just as enjoyable, for unexpected reasons.

Read More

Share Button

Why an f-stop?

It’s all the astronomers’ fault

fstopOur photographic consultant is reminded how complicated things are for beginners, no matter how straightforward it all seems to the professionals.

Read More

Share Button