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During the winter months on a clear night visitors may be lucky enough to catch the Northern Lights in Washington’s Olympic National Park, 95% of the park is designated as wilderness with a complete absence of human-caused light so the wonders of the night sky are clear to see.

“I can sometimes see the moon in the daytime” was a cosmic revelation that John Jardine Goss first discovered through personal observations when he was 6 years old. It shook his young concept of the universe and launched his interest in astronomy and stargazing, a fascination he still holds today. John is past president of the Astronomical League, the largest U.S. federation of astronomical societies, with over 20,000 members. He's earned the title of Master Observer and has authored th...

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...

New yorks tough police commissioner played by jeffrey wright, a master observer and manipulator who is also no stranger to ambition. lets take a look at the clip from the film. >> hostettler. its what you gave him last night. i gave him andrews. >> i gave him pictures. >> you gave him pictures. of who? >> his wife. >> his wife and who? >> i cant tell you that. >> you better start telling me something, explain to me what you are doing at my crime scene. >> i am now joined by broken city director ...