Amateur astronomy
Practical guides for observing the night sky
Step-by-step guides to real objects and events, a catalog of telescopes and accessories, and sunset, twilight and moon times for cities around the world.
Latest guides
- M53 Globular Cluster Sketching: Timing Your Observations by Season and Altitude
- M75 Globular Cluster Astrophotography: Comparing It with M69
- M52 Star Hop: Finding the Open Cluster with a 114-150 mm Reflector
- Sunflower Galaxy M63 Visual Guide: Comparing It with the Black Eye Galaxy
- M28 (NGC 6626) Astrophotography: Best Timing for Imaging This Globular Cluster
- M106 Star-Hop Guide: Finding NGC 4258 with a 200-300 mm Dobsonian
Featured gear
- Halden Apex 102 ED refractor
- Varrow Halcyon 200 Dobsonian
- Tessaro Strata GoTo EQ mount
- Quillon Kestrel 24 mm wide-field eyepiece
- Pellucid Spectra UHC nebula filter 2 in
- Corvane Lark 10x50 binoculars