Subject: Margaret Thatchers Astronomical legacy
Margaret Thatchers Astronomical legacy
January 19th, 2014 at 6:02 am EDTHello Friend, Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of England a few decades ago was not one of the most beloved politicians in England. Mostly, because she brought in what was known as the dreaded "Poll tax" on the populace. People rioted in lar ...
What's stopping you from getting out and observing?
January 18th, 2014 at 5:58 am EDTHello Friend, While winter nights can be some of the best observing nights you will get over the course of the year, But is there something that hold's you back from getting out, besides the cold weather. Ok, cloudy nights (and we've had many of t ...
Cosmos, A Spacetime Odyssey is heading your way....
January 17th, 2014 at 7:40 am EDTHello Friend, Are you ready to take on the science in the world around you? Then take a look at Celestron's new COSMOS line of optical equipment! COSMOS - A SpaceTime Odyssey introduces the abundant, natural beauty of the universe we live in, and ...
From Atheist to Monk, a legend dies..........
January 16th, 2014 at 6:56 am EDTHello Friend, One of the greatest influences in the hobby of amateur astronomy was John Dobson. He died on January 15th at the grand old age of 98. It was a real pleasure to have met John Dobson, at the annual Stellafane (telescope builders conventi ...
What? A Secret TeleVue eyepiece that never made it to market....
January 15th, 2014 at 6:52 am EDTHello Friend, In his office at TeleVue, Al Nagler has a glass cabinet that proudly displays all his telescope eyepieces thathe has designed and manufactured over the past several years. However, I happened to notice one that I had never seen or ...
The return of Meade Instruments
January 14th, 2014 at 6:53 am EDTHello Friend, Meade Instruments has always taken the approach of utilizing high technology advances in the manufacturing of their instruments. Many years ago, they were the first company to come out with the computerized "goto" telescope (The CAT s ...
Where's the Beef? Celestron delivers.....!
January 11th, 2014 at 3:52 am EDTHello Friend, Well, after a week of not so pleasant weather last week in Toronto, Friday night was the time to visit withsome friends in Guelph, and listen to some Blues Music, some food and wine.....well you get the picture. Turns out, this musica ...
continued: Looking to hook up? Al Nagler of TeleVue's dating "advice "
January 9th, 2014 at 7:47 am EDTHello Friend, One thing you could say for Al Nagler of TeleVue optics, is that he had a good dating system figured out. He met his wife Judi (co-founder of TeleVue Optics ) back in 1959; So the first thing he did was take her to the Hayden Planetari ...
How Al Nagler went from designing women's Bra's to Eyepieces
January 8th, 2014 at 7:12 am EDTHello Friend, Every year, I meet up with Al Nagler of TeleVue, at the NEAF astronomy conference in held in New York. And he always has some amazing stories to tell; Al has worked at many different jobs in his life, before he started TeleVue optics ...
Don't miss the Astronomy Space & Exploration Society Symposium January 24th
January 6th, 2014 at 6:37 am EDTHello Friend, During the past two decades astronomers and cosmologists have assembled an extremely successful model that accurately describes and explains the evolution of the observable universe over the past 13.8 billion years, most recently confi ...