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Astro Bob: Journey to the deep sky with Cassiopeia as your guide Like the Winter Hexagon, the W of Cassiopeia is a key to the sky. Well use it to find three deep-sky binocular favorites. Written By: Bob King for the Duluth News Tribune | 2:16 pm, Feb. 10, 2021 × Starting at the W of Cassiopeia, well use the star-hop method to find the Double Cluster, the Andromeda Galaxy and the star cluster NGC 752 in binoculars. (Bob King) How would you like to see whats behind the star...

A Rosette Nebula. For February 2021, the Moon is last quarter on Feb. 4, and new on Feb. 11.  The waxing crescent passes just south of Mars on Feb. 18, and is first quarter the following evening.  The full moon is the Hunger or Wolf Moon, and is on Feb. 27. Except for Mars, all the planets lie too close to the sun for easy observation this month.  Even Mars is disappointing telescopically, for the earth has left it far behind since the close opposition last fall, and it is only a tiny red...

Sky-Watcher Star Discovery P150i Wi-Fi telescope The Star Discovery P150i Wi-Fi comes in two boxes and is straightforward to assemble, allowing you to be up and running in 10 to 15 minutes. Advertisement The tube assembly is in one box while the tripod, single-arm mount, spreader tray and a box with the eyepieces, finder and bubble level is in the second. It’s best to assemble the mount onto the tripod first and then to attach t...

When we look at the night sky, how far back in time can we see? January 8, 2021 at 11:22 am When we look up at the stars, we are looking back in time. The light entering our eyes from these distant objects set off years, decades or millennia earlier. Every time we look at something ‘up there’ we’re seeing it as it was in the past. Advertisement With enormous modern telescopes and sensitive detectors, professional astronomers can see far beyond what most back garden telescopes are capabl...

William Optics Zenithstar 61 II APO with UniGuide guidescope We could sum up the William Optics Zenithstar 61 II APO refractor as tiny and serious or seriously tiny. It’s a small, portable instrument with a 61mm air-spaced, colour-corrected doublet lens, which definitely packs a punch, especially when used for astrophotography. Advertisement The main tube is white with a black clamping ring and focuser barrel, while a choice of ...

Sky Shorts: Space exploration and night sky highlights for 2021 Suzie Dills Although 2020 was a very difficult year for us, it gave us a chance to take time to observe astronomical highlights and night sky delights and view live broadcasts of historic launches. Many of us enjoyed the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and the surprise visit of Comet NEOWISE. We watched the launch of the next Mars rover, Perseverance in July. History was made with the NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon flight, the fir...

Christmas night astronomy: what to see in the night sky on 25 December December 21, 2020 at 11:30 am Aside from the turbulent year that was 2020, many people have discovered the joy of looking up at the night sky for the first time this year, and will have asked for a telescope this Christmas. Every year as the Sun sets at the end of Christmas Day, turkey-stuffed astronomy newcomers unpack their first telescope and head outside. Advertisement Yet as new telescope owners stand there beneath the...