Planets are easily visible through a telescope, even in city lights. Different colored filters enhance planetary details, depending on the planet. High magnification is best for some planets, like ...

Sadly, summer comes to an end this month. But the good news for stargazing over Pottsville this September is that there is plenty happening in the heavens, and there are still many summer ...

Every night is a good night to look through a telescope (provided it’s not cloudy), but if you’re looking for an excuse, Jupiter is lining itself up for some candid closeups. At its farthest point, ...

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Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you a ...

Get a huge discount on a great beginner telescope in time for the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower, full moon and other night sky events. If you're looking to try your hand at astronomy, or you want a ...

McKim Observatory still houses many of its original instruments, including a 9.53 inch Clark Refractor telescope, a meridian transit telescope, and a gravity driven chronograph. Missing from the early ...

Lowell Observatory, Arizona's oldest center for astronomy, is launching a campaign to recruit an army of benefactors to repair the telescope and dome from which Percival Lowell discovered what he said ...