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1. Telescopes for Beginners - Choosing a Good Beginners Telescope Telescopes for Beginners - My choices and the things you must consider before making a purchase. So you've decided to get into astronomy, maybe you have even read a magazine or two, and now want to get started with your own telescope, great, lets ge...
2. How to Identify Stars and Planets - the Easy Way Knowing your way around the heavens just got a whole lot easier... Learn how to identify stars and planets in an instant. Using a Celestron Skyscout is like having your own personal astronomer at your command and yes it talks too! Newsflash - just s...
3. How to Choose a Telescope How to choose a telescope: with so many telescopes to choose from, how does a beginner know where to start? This guide is intended to help you understand the basics and get you to the point where you are able to choose a telescope. For the purposes of...
4. Amateur Astronomy Online Astronomy is one of the sciences that is very easy for an amateur to participate in. With a telescope or good pair of binoculars you can see an amazing amount of detail in the night sky. Read on to learn about online resources and free software to he...
5. About Laser Pointers This is a very small instrument designed to emit light and highlight things of interest through the projection of a little colored beam of light towards the object in question. The mission of laser pointer designers is to produce great products with...
6. Scientific Astronomy Can some so-called amateur 'astronomers' really be called scientists when all they actually do is either take photographs of as many celestial objects as they can, or just tick those objects off a list after they have witnessed them? Indeed, how many...