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.
When you’re out stargazing, you might notice some stars stand out because they are brighter and different in color to others. Most stars we see in space are ‘main sequence’ types, like our Sun. But, the stand outs …
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 …
If you’re looking to get away from the light pollution there are several dark sky places to enjoy the ultimate stargazing experience. The thing is there’s more than one best place in the world to see stars so …
