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The new moon on Aug. 15 will offer dark skies perfect for skywatchers to hunt out stunning Messier objects like the globular cluster M2, the Butterfly Cluster and the Wild Duck Cluster.

Boötes is a constellation in the northern hemisphere containing one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Arcturus.

Masirah Island, the Sultanate’s largest island, is a paradise for astrophotography and a spot frequented by aspiring astrophotographers. A moonless night in its full splendour evokes complete awe for the shutterbugs.Masirah Island, Jabal Shams, Rimal al Sharqiya and Jabal Sifah are outstanding dark sky destinations in the Sultanate for night-time...

@lijucherianomanMasirah Island, the Sultanate’s largest island, is a paradise for astrophotography and a spot frequented by aspiring astrophotographers. A moonless night in its full splendour evokes complete awe for the shutterbugs. Masirah Island, Jabal Shams, Rimal al Sharqiya and Jabal Sifah are outstanding dark sky destinations in the Sultanate for...

Learning how to setup tracking with a meh telescope and a sturdy mount is in my opinion more fun and more rewarding than just tracing with a DSLR tele lens. Unless you have a system with big enough magnification to start bumping into the real issues with stabilization and tracking, on a DSLR with an APS sensor that will start happening around 300/400 mm focal length and lenses that are good enough to start doing stacking with are more expensive than a meh telescope. Also its b...