All about stars viewed through a telescope, binoculars, or with the naked eye. Topics include magnitude, luminosity, and the types of stars including why variable stars are so interesting.
There are a total of 88 constellations in the night sky. Constellations seen in the Southern Hemisphere are some of the same in the north. But a few are unique to ‘down under’. Here, the sky is ‘upside …
Why target variable stars? It helps to improve your ability to distinguish faint objects when you target variable stars when out stargazing. Variable stars are high on the scale of star magnitude and practicing to observe these increases …
How many types of stars are there in the universe? There are several different star types and in the following I list the main ones for you, if you want to use your home telescope or binoculars with …
