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1. How to find the Best Binoculars What are the Best Binoculars? It depends on what you will be using them for, hunting , star gazing , bird watching , sporting events, concerts, or just plain sight seeing. First of all, you'll need to choose the magnification power of your binoculars...
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. The Hubble Space Telescope With the help of the final servicing mission for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope happening NOW in May 2009, this amazing instrument which has promoted worldwide interest in astronomy through the astounding images it has brought us, should continue to f...
4. 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...
5. Fun Learning - First Four Constellations in Fifteen Minutes Viewing the magic of the nighttime sky can be a lifelong adventure. It starts with going outside at night and identifying some basic constellations. Acquaint yourself (and your kids) with the stars and start the fun! Why not tonight? We'll learn to...
6. Valentine's gift ideas for beloved stargazers When looking for a perfect Valentine's day gift for my husband I came across this wonderful idea that I would warmly recommend to anybody, who is desperately looking for the ultimate gift for their loved ones. I will name a star after my husband,...
7. Digital Camera Binocular Buying Guide Digital camera binoculars are the uber cool combination gift and gadget that combines binoculars with digital cameras. Why should you consider a pair of binoculars with digital camera? Well, these camera binocular combo units are great for people who...
8. Choosing an Astronomical Telescope When the telescope's inventor, Galileo first gazed through the portals of his invention, his view of the Universe was instantly transformed. For the rest of us, Galileo's invention provided us with a radical revision of what we knew about the place w...
9. Astronomy and Stars How are stars made? Where do stars come from? How do they die? What is stardust? When did the first stars appear? These are all the sorts of questions that astrophysics tries to answer. This lens is all about the factories of the universe. Stars ar...
10. Dendera Zodiac The sculptured Dendera zodiac is an Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, containing images of Taurus (the bull) and the Libra (the scales) with Roman era enclosure walls...
11. Glow in the Dark Galactic Art Galactic Outer space images magically appear as your ceiling is transformed into a Cosmic Cathedral every night when the room becomes dark. Take a look at your bedroom ceiling.. it's a blank artists canvas! Galactic Art turns your blank canvas into a...
12. Binoculars Guide Binoculars, manytimes refered to as field glasses, are used in everyday life to give the user a close-up view of some remote object or activity.  Whilst telescopes often have greater magnification, a set of binoculars gives the owner of a three...
13. Joshua Tree National Park I have had the pleasure of living in the Morongo Basin, which is the gateway to the Joshua Tree National Park, since 1995. Before moving here I used to visit family here on a regular basis. Some of the things I have done in the park over the years...
14. How to Buy a Telescope Hundreds of telescopes. Dozens of manufacturers. Even do-it-yourself. Refractor or Reflector? What does Schmidt-Cassegrain mean? Dobsonian? Who is Maksutov? Which brand? Celestron, Orion, Tasco, Meade, Bushnell, or what? Those are good questions,...
15. Beginner's Telescope Amazing quality for an incredible price. This affordable telescope is perfect for beginning stargazers. Compact and portable, but powerful enough to see Saturn's rings, moons orbiting Jupiter, and craters and mountains on our moon. You will get many...
16. Transit of Mercury - A Curious Eclipse Skywatchers and Stargazers are preparing for a rare solar system event:  On November 8, 2006, at 2:12 PM EST and 11:12 AM PST, in less than 5 hours, speedy Mercury zips across the Solar Disc. (West of the International Date Line: Novemb...
17. Meteor Mania: Meteors, Meteorites, Meteoroids & Meteor Showers Here we look at Meteors, those little chunks of debris that float around in space and sometimes graze the atmosphere and light up the sky or hit planets, moons or other solid bodies forming craters on the surface. They range in size from a speck...