I want to be an Astronomer

What is a star party? A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers , telescopes , binoculars , and other night sky observing equipme...

Finding objects in the night sky is a challenge with every amateur astronomer. With Celestron Astromaster 130 it becomes even more difficu...

NASA’s Stardust probe came very close to comet Tempel 1 for the second time on February 14 th 2011. This allows scientists to discover ch...

The Sagan Series, Part 1, The Frontier is everywhere. "We were hunters and foragers. The frontier was everywhere. We were bounded on...

Was not getting sleep today. Although had not planned any observing session for today, it happened. The telescope was pulled out and plante...