As smartphone cameras improve, more people want to take photographs of the night sky with their smartphones. However, serious astrophotographers attach powerful, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) ...

Telescopes are hard to buy because there are a lot of factors to consider, such as lens size, focal length, resolution, light-gathering power, magnification, and so on. The Finder TW2 is the ideal ...

Telescopes bring far away objects closer for us to see. These treasured instruments have been used in astronomy for centuries by astronomers, professional and amateur, to study, understand and revel ...

In the last two to three years the world of amateur telescopes has been turned on its head. The advances in technology have been beyond incredible. Honestly, it's been hard to keep up with it all!

Bloomer: It is best to start with a little naked-eye astronomy: see if you can pick just something out at first, and build ...

Dew accumulation on optical surfaces of professional telescopes degrades performance and necessitates difficult, costly cleaning. Heating large telescope mirrors to prevent dew formation is ...