This is the Davis Mountains in Texas. No filter trick gets my backyard anywhere near this. Every dark-sky trip resets my idea of what "a lot of stars" means. What's the darkest place you've ever stood? Photo: Carl You…
This is the Davis Mountains in Texas. No filter trick gets my backyard anywhere near this. Every dark-sky trip resets my idea of what "a lot of stars" means. What's the darkest place you've ever stood? Photo: Carl You…
NASA's November skywatching notes are up: Taurid and Leonid meteors, Mars near Jupiter, and the month's supermoon. My plan, for anyone else under suburban skies: Meteors: reclining chair, no optics, 45 minutes minimum…
A friend's asking me what to buy as a first scope, and every answer I start writing turns into a warning. My short list: The best scope is the one you'll carry outside Buy a mount before you buy more aperture Binocula…