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What Is Astronomy? - Astronomy 101

By Wildlily44 on | From nandugreen.typepad.com

By: Koz Huseyin Since the dawn of time, men and women have looked up into the sky, looking for answers. Why are we here? Where are we? And what are those shinning lights in the night sky? Astronomy thus began, and it is the study of that beauty that we call the heavens. Astronomy today is simply not looking up at the stars, finding new stars, and analyzing catalogued stars, it encompasses many different areas. For example some define astronomy as the study of the motions and natures of...Read Full Story

Beginners' guide to: Your first five sights

By mayorhangar on | From telescopes-astronomy.blogspot.com

Beginners' guide to ... Your first five sights Tooled up and ready to go, but don't know where to aim your scope? Here's our list of the top sights. THE BASICS What are the best objects to aim at for your first nights at the telescope? Where you need to look in the night sky to find them. How you can get the most out of your first Foray into stargazing The long winter nights mean it's a great time of year for stargazing, with the sky filled with some real...Read Full Story

Stargazing in the Okanagan

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The Okanagan Valley of British Columbia has got to be one of the best places in the world to go camping and to go stargazing, along with the many other great activities that can be found hidden... Images, comments, stories, and information about wildlife, nature, animals and beautiful back country of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley.Read Full Story

Sky & Telescope

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Sky & Telescope Reviews An amateur astronomy magazine with feature articles on new developments in the science, plus departments on books, observing, equipment, computer software and sky predictions. read more.. Sale Price : Click to see best price I still read every issue cover to cover. by Allan S. Abrams My delight in observing the clear and starry night sky, with all my senses, began in my early teens, nearly 60 years ago. Sky & Telescope has been there as an inspiring thread of intense...Read Full Story

Astronomy Pic o' the Day is 15 years old

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And celebrates with a picture that is not what it seems: Click to enlarge, then grab and scroll around. You'll see.Read Full Story

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Astronomy on the Desktop

Many people's initial exposure to science is through astronomy, and they are inspired by that first look through a telescope or their first glimpse of a Hubble image. Several software packages are available for the Linux desktop that allow users to enjoy their love of the stars. I look at several packages in this article that should be available for most distributions. more>>

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