amateur astronomy
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These AR Binoculars Will Tell You What You’re Seeing in the Night Sky
Have you ever made it to the end of a hike with a scenic overlook and argued with your friend about the name of a river many miles away? I have. Google Maps wasn’t any help, but perhaps if I had Unistellar’s upcoming Envision AR binoculars in hand to label those faraway landmarks, we could…
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How to Tell If You Need a Telescope or Binoculars to See Cool Things in Space
When people think about astronomy — even amateur, backyard astronomy — the first piece of equipment that probably comes to mind is a telescope. And that makes sense, given that they’re what we see the pros using in observatories, and have become pop culture shorthand for a person (usually a child or young adult) who…
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Have Astronomers Just Spotted Another Interstellar Object?
An amateur astronomer may have detected an object from outside our solar system, according to an announcement from the Minor Planet Centre.
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Gaze In Awe At Hubble’s Most Detailed View Of The Triangulum Galaxy
Usually when astronomers talk about our neighbouring galaxy, they’re talking about Andromeda, which is a cosy 2.5 million light-years away. But just a little farther — OK, 500,000 light-years farther — is another spiral galaxy, the third largest in our local group. Hubble has just released its most detailed view yet of that galaxy, which…