50 Best Sights in Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: January 20, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Each of the 50 sights are given their own chapter in this book with these chapters then divided into sections based upon the field of view, and thus what you need to use to see each sight. This includes the naked eye, binoculars, small and large telescopes. Each of the fifty sights is given several

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Great Orion Nebula M42

Posted on: January 9, 2008 /
Categories: Star Clusters

I managed to get outside again last night and try out my focal reducer and 40mm Antares eyepiece for the first time. The Orion Nebula was a good choice to view as now the whole nebula was visible in the eyepiece by using the focal reducer which reduced the focal length to f6.3 from f10.

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Observing the Sun with the LX200

Posted on: January 6, 2008 /
Categories: The Sun

I recently purchased a second hand Hartmann mask together with an ETX90 solar filter from astrobuysell. Today I had my first chance to try it out and view the sun. The Hartmann mask covers the front of the LX200, just like the telescope cover. It contains three screws which are tightened so that the mask

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Stargazing with a telescope

Posted on: December 29, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

I actually received this book as part of the AstroBox when I purchased my Bresser Messier 130N telescope. Philip’s produce some really good books on all aspects of astronomy and this book is no different. Stargazing with a telescope begins by taking you through how telescopes work and the various types of telescopes available and

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Imaging Mars with a Webcam 3rd Attempt

Posted on: December 13, 2007 /
Categories: Planets

I decided to brave the cold last night and go out at about 10.30pm. I did not find it that cold, although this time I did wear a ninja type balaclava. After setting up, I wondered why I had even bothered coming out as a kind of icy fog then appeared. I recently purchased a

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Meade MySky

Posted on: December 11, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Gifts

It was amazing to see the Meade Sky gadget on Channel Five last night on The Gadget Show, when it was up against the Sky Challenger Picoo Z helicopters and won. The MySky is definitely an amazing gadget, and particularly useful if you want to add GPS functionality to your Meade Non-GPS telescope. The only

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Imaging Mars with a Webcam, 2nd Attempt

Posted on: December 4, 2007 /
Categories: Planets

This was my 2nd attempt at imaging Mars with my Philips SPC900 Webcam. This time I decided to go out a bit later, so headed out at around 10.30pm and started imaging at 11pm. Leaving it later in the evening meant that Mars was in Gemini and quite high in the sky, so hopefully the

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Webcam Imaging Mars

Posted on: December 2, 2007 /
Categories: Planets

As Mars is very prominent in the sky at the moment, I feel it is my mission to try and get the best possible image I can whilst I have the red planet in sight. I purchased a new Baader UV/IR lens the other day so I was really itching to give it a go.

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National Geographic Star Planetarium

Posted on: November 27, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Gifts

On my travels around the internet I found the National Geographic Star Planetarium. This planetarium can transform a room into a space theatre. A Cyber Sky CD-ROM comes with it and is packed with facts and ancient legends to learn about as you watch projected stars move across the ceiling. I think this kind of

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UK Astronomy Buy & Sell

Posted on: November 20, 2007 /
Categories: General

A short while ago I discovered the UK Astronomy Buy & Sell website. It was nice to find a website where you could list any astronomy item for sale for free, instead of having to pay the high listing and final auction fees of eBay. A couple of weeks ago I listed an LX200 data

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