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The sun is a dynamic and fascinating astronomical target which can hook people onto astronomy. That's exactly what we set out to do by organizing a solar viewing event!!!

How far away can your telescope resolve newspaper print?

Recommendations for Astronomy Observing on the Big Island of Hawaii

Between Evolution and Intelligent Design: Can There Be Compromise?

What's the smallest crater you can see?

Can our imagination really take us to the stars?

If you haven’t tried it or want to compare it with your own experience, here’s the blow by blow of what it was like for me to spend a night looking for 110 objects.

Any serious observer normally has at least half a dozen telescope eyepieces. But if you had to limit yourself to just one eyepiece, what should it be?

"The trouble with standards," someone said, "is that there are so many of them to choose from."

Last fall when I visited the volcano most of the action took place during the day. On this trip I was treated to an unexpected surprise at night just as the moon was setting.

On September 2, 1926, Harvard Observatory received a telegram from Krakow, Poland, reporting a "comet" at R.A. 15:53, declination +3 55... (Michael A. Covington is the author of Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes and other books.)

Hot moist air and a cold, dry moon - what more could you want?