Subject: An Ode to the Dark Vanishing Skies
An Ode to the Dark Vanishing Skies
March 18th, 2015 at 4:48 pm ESTHello Friend, Recently I told you about much is being done to protect the night skies from light pollutionby many amateur astronomers and other groups. Turns out Gary Citro, a public school music teacher, who is also an amateur astronomerhas written ...
St. Patrick's day explained
March 17th, 2015 at 2:05 pm ESTHello Friend, Do you like Frosted Lucky Charms cereal? I sure did when I was a kid. In fact, I recall one morning, I practically ate a whole box of it at one sitting, along with a pint or more ofmilk. Needless to say, I didn't feel great afte ...
And the battle continues....
March 16th, 2015 at 10:00 am ESTHello Friend, There's a battle going on. But it may be one that you are not really aware of. In the background, many groups and organizations such as the Royal astronomical Society of Canada and the International dark sky association for example, ar ...
Stephen Hawking and his new Celestron CPC 1100HD telescope
March 14th, 2015 at 3:34 pm ESTHello Friend, If you have not yet seen the movie "The Theory of Everything", which is about the life of Professor Stephen Hawking, you are missing a wonderful story. And then imagine Hawking now becoming an amateur astronomer. Recently, a team o ...
Just like a heroin addict.....
March 12th, 2015 at 3:31 pm ESTHello Friend, For the past couple of nights it's actually been clear around here. And hovering around zero degrees celsius, which feels like an absolute delight, compared to the frickin' cold weather we had here in northern Ontario, Canada for the m ...
A champagne telescope on a beer budget
March 11th, 2015 at 2:42 pm ESTHello Friend, I occasionally get asked the question, "Why do you not list your used telescopes for sale?" The answer to that is that our inventory on used items turns over fairly rapidly, and it's difficult to keep up withwhat comes and goes in a ti ...
Bats in your Belfry?
March 10th, 2015 at 4:06 pm ESTHello Friend, Well perhaps not. Do you remember the ship in the bottle? You would see them all the time; A small ship replica would be placed in a small bottleo and you had to try to figure out exactly how they did it through such a small bottlenec ...
This planet was discovered over 200 years ago
March 9th, 2015 at 3:33 pm ESTHello Friend, It's remarkable to think that NASA's Dawn probe arrived at the dwarf planet Ceres, just a few days ago. Quite a journey indeed. 7.5 years and 4.9 million kilometers travelled. Even though Ceres was originally discovered around 1801, a ...
Every amateur astronomer's enemy
March 7th, 2015 at 4:43 pm ESTHello Friend, There is no doubt that at one time or another, you have faced this enemy. It's the enemy of every amateur astronomer. And here's the thing: The dutch artist Van Gogh was way ahead of his time,and knew how annoying turbulence was whe ...
Get ready for Spring!
March 5th, 2015 at 3:23 pm ESTGet Ready forﾠ Spring Skies.... Celestron BIG EQ Sale! Frustrated with your existing mount/telescope? ﾠﾠHere is an opportunity ﾠto ﾠgear up with some new equipment ﾠand ﾠ do some serious astrophotography. Celestron is offering thei ...