I'm often asked to recommend a telescope, especially around the holidays, when gift-giving is on our minds. Today I'll share a few suggestions, but before we talk specifics, let's look at the ...

Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...

The DWARF 3 smart telescope takes high-quality photos of celestial objects easily. It features a user-friendly app and automatic object tracking. The telescope includes multiple lenses and filters for ...

Neuroscientists have developed innovative objectives for light microscopy by using mirrors to produce images. Their design finds correspondence in mirror telescopes used in astronomy on the one hand ...

Throughout the year, especially around this time, I receive many emails about purchasing a telescope. I don’t consider myself an expert, but I have lots of experience purchasing telescopes. I also ...

Researchers claim that over 95% of the images captured by low-orbit telescopes will possibly be destroyed in the face of ...

Under construction on a remote ridge in the Chilean Andes, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will boast the world’s largest digital camera, helping researchers detect objects at the solar ...

If you’ve got a stargazing fan on your holiday gift-giving list and you’re considering a telescope for that special someone, even if that someone is you, I want you to buy right and buy smart.

THOUGH the first edition of this work was published more than fifty years ago, in 1891, it still has value as a standard work on the adjustment and testing of telescope objectives. The firm of Sir ...

They point to Isaac Newton to make our case. At the same time that he used a primary objective spherical mirror to build astronomical his telescope, in his equally famous Double Prism Experiment, ...

THIS volume is the third edition of a book first published in 1891. The favourable reception accorded to the earlier editions, and the extent of their circulation, have encouraged the publishers to re ...