Archives for the 'telescopes' Category
Your first telescope — Part One
Published on 27 Dec 2006 at 8:20 pm.
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Every year, after Christmas or after a birthday, people ask me for help with their new telescope. It is wonderful and exciting to get a telescope as a gift, but if it’s your first telescope, then you often don’t have any idea how to use it. Any instruction manual that comes with it […]
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The Big Eye
Published on 21 Oct 2006 at 4:26 pm.
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I collect stamps. I have since I was a kid. Over the years, my interest has waxed and waned. Eventually, I specialized in US first day covers. Then, I got to where I collected US first day covers about science and space exploration. One of my covers is a […]
Setting Up and Using Your First Telescope
Published on 12 May 2006 at 1:27 pm.
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A while back, while at a public star party, someone came up and asked me a question. Well, OK, so that happens at every star party. Well, this question was from someone who had recently purchases a small telescope. I get these all the time. Many people go to the store, […]
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Finder Scopes
Published on 18 Apr 2006 at 6:50 pm.
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Last night was the first decent clear night to set up telescopes with the students in several weeks. We have not had rain, but lots of clouds, haze, etc. So, we set up the telescopes. By this point in the semester, I don’t help them all that much. They should KNOW […]
The World’s Largest Telescope
Published on 7 Feb 2006 at 7:31 pm.
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Filed under radio astronomy, telescopes, travel.
I know that this isn’t a travel blog, but there are several people from the airlines who read the blog, and so that has gotten me to thinking of having an occasional astronomical travel destination. There are many places around the world that have astronomical sites. Some of these are far off the beaten trail, […]
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What telescope should I buy?
Published on 30 Nov 2005 at 7:56 pm.
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People think that I should know what is the best telescope that they should buy. The idea is that because I am an astronomer, I know all about telescopes. Well, they got lucky in that I do know a bit about telescopes. That is not always the case with an astronomer. […]
