Globular clusters are the crown jewels of the universe. These immense objects that are made up of millions of stars condensed in a...

Our sun is a star in the Milky Way galaxy. It is one star of about 100 billion stars. That number written out would be 100,000,000,000....

Imaging galaxies offers up its own unique challenges, but it can also be extremely rewarding. Just the thought of imaging galaxies, that...

Our Sun is a typical G2 star, about 4.5 billion years old, a yellow dwarf star that occupies a region of the Orion spur, that extends...

Some Background on Open Star Clusters Open star clusters vary considerably from globular star clusters. For starters, where the stars in...

Imagine how cool it would be to have a telescope built for visual use under complete control from a tablet for pointing your telescope...

The rings around Saturn are an item of incredible beauty. For as long as the hobby of amateur astronomy has existed, these rings have...

Some Background on Globulars Globular star clusters are some of the finest gems in the night sky. These conglomerations of tight...