A great value all-rounder with the added convenience of alignment by smartphone, this large yet affordable Dobsonian telescope offers sharp and immersive views of galaxies, nebulae but also planets ...

Visual observation of Pluto using amateur telescopes is challenging due to its faint magnitude (currently 14.4), requiring instruments larger than 8 inches in aperture for a reasonable chance of ...

MIDDLETOWN — Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is smiling down on Middletown City Schools. The district’s Gifted and Talented Enrichment program recently applied for and was awarded an eight-inch ...

This is an optically excellent telescope with a rugged, lightweight computerized mount. Intended for serious amateurs, it is suitable for all types of visual astronomy and some astrophotography. If ...

A homemade binocular telescope, an HTC One, and 700 hours of work went into taking a single, spectacular moon shot. The photographer shares his secrets. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...