GeekDad Daily Deal: The Outdoor Monocular Telescope with Portable Tripod
Keep an eye on things with the Outdoor Monocular Telescope with Portable Tripod: 70% off!
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Tag: Telescope
Tips for Buying a Telescope
Taking the leap into buying a telescope can be both thrilling and frightening, but it doesn’t have to be. Confused as to what to buy and from where? I’ll walk you through it…
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Hobby or Career?
Trying to foster interests into possible career options for my high school son, but exploring astronomy turned out to be more of a hobby. Better to find out now?
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Geeky States of America: Orlando Science Center
A well kept secret of my busy hometown is the Orlando Science Center!
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Last Chance to Buy Time on a Space Telescope!
Planetary Resources is giving away observation time on a new space telescope through their Kickstarter campaign. Grab some before time runs out!
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Are You My Asteroid-Busting Hero? …Sign in Friday Morning
Kickstarter project ARKYD hosts a Gamer Hangout to combine gaming and space telescope at 10am June 28, and aims for a stretch goal on June 30 of $1.7million.
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Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope Gets Go-Ahead
Scientists, astronomers, and amateur stargazers are all abuzz – the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources granted a permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project to be built atop Mauna Kea. The TMT promises to let us explore the galaxy’s origins, allow the analysis of black holes, and explore the formation of planets and stars.
Continue ReadingThere’s a Little Black Spot on the Sun Today (Or There Was Yesterday)
I am fortunate to live in a town with plenty of astronomy enthusiasts. There is a very active Astronomy Club, and plenty of amateur astronomers with their own telescopes. I even have my own (a six inch Dobsonian reflector). A …
Continue ReadingDon’t Miss Your Last Chance Ever to See a Venus Transit!
Tonight is the last time that any of us will be able to view the transit of Venus across the solar plane. The planets won’t be in such perfect alignment for another 105 years, so head outside and carefully watch the celestial bodies dance before your eyes.
Continue ReadingMy First Steps in Astrophotography
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by photographs of outer space. Whether it is the glowing moon hanging in the night sky, the banded clouds of Jupiter or multicolored nebulae light years from Earth, these kinds of pictures have a consistent ability to thrill me. Recently I began experimenting with […]
Continue ReadingArizona UFO Caught on Film!
I casually walked out to get the mail this evening, slowly walking up the hill, getting there, putting in my key, removing the few items, locking it again. I turn around to walk back down the hill, toward the west …
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