Astronomy Magazine Sites

First Light is a new kind of astronomy magazine, fully digital and interactive. It is designed for tablets and smartphones, but you can also read it with a computer. Have a look! Twenty years after their discoveries, astronomers are more convinced than ever: exoplanets are plentiful in our galaxy. Giants or midgets, torrid or frozen, denser than lead or lighter than water, what are they like?...

It began in a trivial enough way. Early one evening in January 1970, Craig Halverson, Doug Duncan and I, all of the Griffith Observatory staff, were sitting at a table in La Villa Taxco, a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles which is one of the more popular haunts of planetarium employees on their dinner hour. The bowl of corn chips and the supply of hot sauce were dwindling. Conversation turned...

Steve Ringwood appraises the Orion Funscope Astro Dazzle, an eye-catching 4½-inch (114-mm) f/4.4 Newtonian reflector on a tabletop Dobsonian mount designed for beginners. The pre-assembled instrument possesses an inherent simplicity that will not challenge, with an aperture that brings a wealth of astronomy’s best to the viewer, he says. Observers with a clear sky to the south as darkness falls...

Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle View the brochure ». Astronomy's Senior Editor Michael Bakich covers 25 important things to think about for this summer's total solar eclipse. Read more>>>. The Event Horizon Telescope will peer into the space immediately surrounding our galaxy's...

SkyNews, the magazine of astronomy and stargazing, is your guide to observing the night sky. On our website you can find out what's up in the sky this week and a collection of resources for amateur astronomers. This is your second home widget box. To edit please go to Appearance > Widgets and choose 7th widget from the top in area 7 called Home Widget 2. Title is also manageable from widgets as...

The world’s best practical astronomy website, Sky at Night has telescope reviews, advice for observing the night sky, beginners astronomy, and how-to guides to getting the most out of looking up at the heavens. Send your astro images in to our monthly Hotshots gallery and you could be in with the chance of winning a fantastic prize! Now there are two ways you can enter. You can send us an email...

Vixen has introduced a remarkable looking 7-element ocular that yields an expansive 83° apparent field. Yet the optical somersaults entailed in doing so are achieved without harm to the final image, yielding a stellar field with sharp edge-to-edge field definition with no vignetting – even on instruments of low focal ratio, says reviewer Steve Ringwood. Now that scientists have confirmed the...

If you're an advanced star gazing enthusiast or would like to learn more about getting into the hobby, you need to subscribe to Astronomy Technology Today! We are the only magazine in the world dedicated entirely to telescopes and related equipment. As a subscriber you can view every back issue online, which means that you'll have access to over 400 reviews, how to articles, new product...

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Creation Astronomy! Sunday July 10, 6:30pm with Guest Spike Psarris! “Creation Astronomy” There is a wealth of scientific evidence from astronomy f... This is perhaps the best free magazine on earth. A monthly magazine from Institute for Creation Research (ICR). One of the grand-daddy’s of Creation Science organizations. It is chock full of interesting short articles on creation and recent...

Biography of collage artist Paul Matthew Dessau who creats custom collage pertraits using recycled materials. The multi-layered artistry in each piece is appreciated when viewed from various angles and distances. Up close, we can distinguish words and images relating to the subject matter; for example, “Mind on Astronomy” has a photo of a celestial event and print reading “Magellan’s First Look...

Geoffrey Notkin and Steve Arnold are the Meteorite Men hunting for space rocks, buried treasures millions of years old. Only on the Science Channel. You've seen the show, now get out there and find your own meteorites! We only use gear that we like — no kickbacks, no product placement — and we only sell detectors that find meteorites! We are an authorized Fisher dealer which means you can own...

We've members of all ages and with different levels of experience. But we're especially focused on helping the beginner. So don't feel intimidated or worry that it's all over your head. We aim to make stargazing fun! Take a look round our site for inspiration about how the SPA can help YOU with your own astronomy. Don't just take our word for it. See what's in the March-April 2016 edition of...

Discover Magazine: The latest in science and technology news, blogs and articles. Telling the stories of the universe and of those who are listening in. Daily briefing on the must-know news in science and technology. Ideas about important, timely issues in science and technology. Digging up the dirt, from lost civilizations to dinosaurs. AI is learning right from wrong by studying human...

The Ascension premium apo-chromatic refractors were the first reasonably priced triplet ED telescopes widely available in the UK that use a high quality Japanese ED triplet (premium FCD1 ED). These first-class photo-visual instruments offer unequalled value for money and come in three different sizes (80mm F6, 102mm F7 and 127mm F7.5). A new range of achromatic refractors featuring superior...