With the 2012 holiday season coming into its "home stretch," many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a ...

Go outside right now. What’s the farthest thing you can see? A tree? A bird? What about the Moon? It’s 250,000 miles away. The Sun is 400 times farther than that, at nearly 100 million miles (but ...

The article reviews several telescopes from High Point Scientific, including refractors, reflectors, and compound types, varying in aperture size (from 50mm to 305mm), mount type (altazimuth and ...

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This rare interstellar visitor (C/2025 N1) is visible now! While too faint for the naked eye, amateur astronomers can easily ...

What your telescope sits on can be just as essential as the scope itself. By John Alexander Published Mar 7, 2025 9:45 AM EST We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and ...

When you look at the night sky, do you ever wonder what's going on out there? On a clear night with a dark sky, if moonlight doesn't wash it out, sometimes you can see the arc of the Milky Way. The ...

The Vaonis Vespera Pro is one of the best smart telescopes around. It has an intuitive control system, excellent optics, produces stunning images and is easy to use. It always finds its target and ...

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

Then, on November 25, teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, joined the inner and outer portions ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Night sky watcher Daniel Lanpher sent in a photo of his son, Wes, learning to use the family's ...