This year has been rough. Before I give any advice on telescopes, please consider inspiring those who were hardest hit. A donation to Astronomers Without Borders is a powerful gift since hope, inspired by a cosmic perspective, can be the most important gift of all. 1) Telescopes are for skywatching. That means you should think beyondContinue reading “Holiday Telescope Gift-Giving Advice 2020”
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The Arrival of Winter: Fly Me to the Moon
On the morning of December 21, 1968, three men who trained at Morehead Planetarium sat atop a Saturn V rocket, ready to become the first humans to travel to the Moon. Below is a picture of two of those men on the far right standing with planetarium director, Tony Jenzano, in the center. Frank Borman,Continue reading “The Arrival of Winter: Fly Me to the Moon”
Holiday Telescope Gift-giving Advice
Looking up from different parts of Earth means we don’t always see stars the same way as our brothers and sisters elsewhere on the orb, but all cultures stand breathless beneath these heavenly bodies and weave star stories filled with heroes, royalty, and beasts. Stargazing is far more than just astronomy. Skywatching results in folklore, a windowContinue reading “Holiday Telescope Gift-giving Advice”