Aiming a telescope at the night sky has been one of my hobbies for quite a few years. Ever since I was a kid I spent many evenings gazing up into the Milky Way and wondered how many? How far away and how big must some of those stars be? As I got older and my interest in astronomy persisted, I decided it was time I bought a telescope. I started shopping around and found not only are there many types, but of course different features and accessories. I had no idea there were so many choices.
If this is your first telescope, the choices can be overwhelming so I’ve included suggestions and some of the questions you may want to ask telescope dealers and yourself before you actually buy your first scope. If you already own a scope, these tips will still come in handy if you’re thinking a buying a new one.
- First, think of the reasons you want a telescope. Are you part of a stargazing club or planning on joining one? Has it been a passion since childhood? Do you plan on giving it as a gift to a budding young astronomer? Maybe you want to […]
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What child hasn’t looked up into the night sky and marveled at the sight? These tiny specs of light painted against the infinite background of space have inspired poets to rhyme, composers to pen classics, scientists and philosophers to ponder our very origins.
Astronomy continues to be one of the more popular hobbies. One of the major reasons is because you can stargaze just about anywhere. Although country settings away from city lights are best, everyone can see the moon. And even though the closest star (after our sun), Alpha Centauri is over 4 light years away, can be seen easily with the naked eye.
While simple stargazing with the naked eye is great fun, using a telescope can be awe inspiring. The view of the heavens through even a small telescope is something that has to be experienced to be appreciated. Even though modern technology allows us to view the celestial realm with images on tv and through the internet, there is nothing quite like seeing it though a telescope.
Different Telescopes
There are basically three kinds of telescope. The refractor and reflector and catadioptric. The refractor telescope collects and bends light with a convex lense and eyepiece. This bending or refracting […]
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The Bible says the heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands (Psalms 19:1). You don’t have to be religious for the night sky to grab your attention and wonder. Many of us settle for simply looking into the night sky, unaided by the superb technology available to us. That’s a shame. There are many great choices for the backyard astronomer, let’s consider what the high quality Celestron NexStar series has to offer.
Keeping in line with the Celestron’s tradition of quality and performance, the NexStar SE series combines state-of-the-art features with the classic orange tube technology, a computerized system for operations, upgradeable hand control, premium StarBright XLT coatings, the SkyAlign alignment technology and other features.
New to the night sky? No problem, just choose any object in the menu and the telescope automatically finds it for you. With the NexStar technology, the scopes have the amazing ability to find almost 40,000 objects. All you need to do is choose and view. That’s hot.
Not sure what to look at? Then let the NexStar SE show you the way! The NexStar’s “tour” feature offers a list of the best objects to view with regards […]
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