Joining an astronomy club if you are new is an excellent idea as there should be experienced astronomers who can help you with observing techniques. An old hand at astronomy? A local club could be just what you are looking for to share your knowledge with like-minded people. Don’t forget the social element that comes […]
Viewing our near neighbor through a telescope is fascinating and spectacular. You may be shocked by just how many features you see through the telescope. That we just don’t get to see with the naked eye. When we first see the moon through a telescope. Many often ask many questions like how are craters formed
When gazing into the night sky and seeing our closest neighbor, the moon looks magnificent to the naked eye. However, when looking at the moon in the night sky, we are often left with questions. When looking at the moon, we see large dark splodges and think, what are the moon’s dark spots called? The
Space exploration has come along way since the first lunar exploration on 4 August 1957 by the Soviet Union, but it is still a very tricky and dangerous process. The Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion in 2003 shows just how tricky and dangerous space exploration can be. Since the moon is our closest neighbor, it has
A common question asked in quiz games is how many people have walked on the moon? I am always stunned at the number of times people will say one; of course, this is incorrect. The name Neil Armstrong is the name that most people will have heard of and not heard of many more, if
The second brightest object in the sky after the sun is the moon. Unlike the sun, it is perfectly safe to observe the moon and has fascinated us, humans, for millennium; for this instance, we answer the big question of what are the phases of the moon and in the correct order. The moon changes
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The closest neighbor to Earth, the moon, leaves us with many questions unanswered. Full moons have many different names, but what is a blue moon. We answer the question and find out when we can next see a blue moon. The name blue moon is a little misleading as the moon doesn’t turn into a
One of the most dramatic views in the night sky is a full moon despite the fact it may not be the best time to view the moon with a telescope. The full moon has inspired poets and artists for thousands of years. Within this article, we will discover What the Names of the Full
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People ask how long it takes to travel to the moon, and this article aims to answer this question. Also, we want to have a little fun with this article and see how long it takes to travel to the moon in other modes of transport if it was profitable. It takes around 4 hours
When I purchased my first telescope, I would wait for a full moon when observing the moon. Yes, the views were excellent; however, I wasn’t getting the best views of our closest neighbor. Despite what newer people to telescopes may believe the moon’s best time to observe would be a full moon, we are a
