Giant 17th-century astrolabe could fetch millions at auction
A 17th-century brass astrolabe, said to be the "perhaps the largest in existence" by Sotheby's Benedict Carter, is up for auction in London on Wednesday. The BBC reports that it's...
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A 17th-century brass astrolabe, said to be the "perhaps the largest in existence" by Sotheby's Benedict Carter, is up for auction in London on Wednesday. The BBC reports that it's...
Have a look at LNB 744 and SH 2-221. They look pretty good in Stellarium and are about the same elevation as the Jellyfish Nebula and higher than Orion. I’m going to try 2 hours wi...
Have a look at LNB 744 and SH 2-221. They look pretty good in Stellarium and are about the same elevation as the Jellyfish Nebula and higher than Orion. I’m going to try 2 hours wi...
hairbear: Have a look at LNB 744 and SH 2-221. Thank you! Is there another designation for LNB 744? I can’t find that in Stellarium, or Google. SH 2-221 shows up in Stellarium b...
Nice! Scope Nights is predicting clear skies tomorrow and Tuesday so I intend to wheel the Askar 71F out and have a go!
Capsula Orion care transportă echipajul misiunii Artemis II spre Lună a fost observată de pe terasa Observatorului Astronomic „Amiral Vasile Urseanu”. Specialiștii români...
ChrisMann: Is there another designation for LNB 744? Yes indeed … LBN 744 . My misspelling. It’s actually next door to SH 2-221. Probably both a bit dimmer than Rosette Nebula,...
hairbear: LBN 744 . OK VG - one for the future then probably, unless I drive out to a different location one night. My garden is surrounded by trees with gaps to the south, nort...
The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET), installed at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, has made its first observations. The telescope will wor...
Far from city lights, the sky looks different. In the Namib Desert, darkness comes quickly and the stars appear all at once, filling the entire horizon. At first, it feels simple....
LBN 744 is a planetary nebula and may not be suitable for use with the Ha/OII filter.
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working in Áspero, Peru, have uncovered an ancient structure interpreted as an “observatory” used by the Caral civilization to tra...
ASTEP, the Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets, a small visible telescope operating at Concordia station, continues making a real impact in characterizing odd new exoplaneta...
Second night in a row with clear skies! Whoopee! So last night we had a go at M81 and M82 with the Dwarf 3 - Bode’s galaxy* and the Cigar galaxy. ( Discovered by Johann Elert Bode...
hairbear: I see the Dwarf 3 has built in filters. Didi you use any of them yet ? Yes I used the dual narrow-band filter on the Orion and Rosette nebulae. It seemed to be a good...
hairbear: I see the Dwarf 3 has built in filters. Didi you use any of them yet ? Yes I used the dual narrow-band filter on the Orion and Rosette nebulae. It seemed to be a good...
Artemis II brings us amazing views of Earth, the Moon, and the Cosmos beyond.
Sick of light pollution tainting your astrophotography? Capture nebulas, galaxies and more with $700 off this powerful, portable Unistellar Odyssey Pro smart telescope.
Since my “new toy” telescope thread has deviated into discussions of faulty equipment, I thought I’d pop a few recent images taken with the Dwarf 3 smart telescope in here… First u...
Have you ever woken up aboard an interstellar spacecraft with no idea how long it will take to get home to Earth? Then you need the Interstellar Map.This impressive browser-based v...
hairbear: I can probably make it better. Then don’t just sit there.
ESA's mission Plato, PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, aims to discover potentially habitable, Earth-like planets around bright stars similar to the Sun. It will use it...
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