The oldest astronomical drawings that have survived to this day are from the Lascaux caves in France, dating back as far as 17,000 years ago.2It has been suggested that some of these drawings represent the constellations of Orion, Taurus, and the Pleiades. Western astronomy first originated in...
If you are setting up your equipment at a dark-sky site away from home, you will need to prepare for the unexpected. Managing your power supply, remembering to pack everything, and adapting to a new environment can be tricky. The ZWO ASIAIR Experience For many years, my go-to process w...
In 1871 he returned and climbed the wrong summit, peaking out on present day Mount Langley. He wrote extensively about his first-to-ascend Whitney adventure, only later in 1873 to have rival Goodyear let all the air out of his tired tale. In 1873, King rushed back to climb the correct ...
Perhaps the intense colors of theOrion Nebulaor the glimmering Pleiades star cluster have sparked your interest in astrophotography. Or maybe a haunting landscape photograph dominated by a full moon is more your style. However you got here, I understand your passion. Night sky photography requires ...
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this evening I just pulled “Binocular Highlights” and “Turn Left at Orion” off of my book shelf. I will be restarting my observing as a newbie using these two resources and items of interest that pop up in S&T. All three of these resources sort targets by season which is a great ...
Famous Star-Forming Regions and Star Nurseries One of the most famous star-forming regions visible to our eyes (and telescopes) is the Orion Nebula. A stellar nursery, it's a hotbed for newborn stars and provides a glimpse into the various stages of star birth. ...
Draw on graph paper two straight lines originating at the same point and perpendicular to each other. This is the x-y axis. The x-axis is the horizontal line and the y-axis is the vertical line. Step 3 Mark appropriate equally-spaced time intervals on the x-axis so that you can easil...
Good news for wannabe astronomers: You do not need one of the Keck telescopes to frown at the stars and mistake the belt of Orion for the Big Dipper. Turns out, the correct pair of binoculars can be a much easier and affordable way to impress your friends with that one semester of ast...
Later as an airman stationed in Germany at an airbase where in the winter nighttime I became fascinated with Orion and used it’s position in the sky to mark the passage of time on my shift. It wasn’t until my college astronomy class that I looked through a good telescope—a C-14 mo...