Telescope Field of View Calculator
With a telescope pointed at some vague smudge high overhead, you stand there wondering: Is it a galaxy? Or is it merely a cloud of … Read More
With a telescope pointed at some vague smudge high overhead, you stand there wondering: Is it a galaxy? Or is it merely a cloud of … Read More
The gray disk floating in space looks like a marbled ball; when you point a little telescope at the moon it appears smooth. Sure, you … Read More
It’s the backyard telescope that will reveal storms on Jupiter, and the double stars appear so close together they’re practically touching. And it’s big enough; … Read More
The cold night has you standing out with frost creeping down telescope tube. Looking through the finder scope, do you even have the right glass … Read More
Your telescope’s tube has some print somewhere that lists it’s focal ratio. That’s your speed limit when it comes to light. Your telescope’s focal ratio … Read More
Take the following scenario: You’re standing in your back yard looking through a telescope at some far off galaxy or maybe even Saturn with detail … Read More
It’s not empty space between you and the stars. It’s thick. It swirls around and distorts what you see. It blurs and bends colors depending … Read More
For telescopes and solar panels, it is important to know angle between the point directly overhead and where the Sun sits. Because it’s all about … Read More
A lot of times you get your telescope out, line up on the stars, look around and find the object you wish to observe is … Read More
Sometimes you’re standing on a hillside and watching the sun set, and you know: that thing is going down. But where exactly does it go? … Read More