Goodbye Aberration: Physicist Solves 2,000-Year-Old Optical Problem When you look through your viewfinder and things seem a little bit blurry or lacking definition, it's probably because you are using an…
Unwilling to to go quietly into that good night, the Kepler Space Telescope is once again gathering scientific data — despite a malfunctioning thruster and painfully low levels of fuel....…
They've started building the GMT!!! A $1 billion telescope that will take pictures 10 times sharper than Hubble's is now officially under construction In astronomy, cutting-edge technology often begins with…
World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth There’s a telescope under construction in Chile, and it’s slated to be the world’s largest – if…
Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has captured remarkably…
Sandia Labs apply design for additive manufacturing to build precision telescope Sandia Labs apply design for additive manufacturing to build precision telescope Usng sub-par materials and inaccurate dimensions does not…
Possibly one of the best and easiest ways to collimate an SCT! Schmitt-Cassegrain Collimation Made Easy Using a Duncan Mask | Alpha Lyrae Very simple method of achieving excellent collimation…
Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), an Australian-led group of astronomers working with European collaborators has revealed the “DNA” of more than 340,000 stars in the Milky Way, which should…
Sharper Focus -Part 1- The Why and How of Adaptive Optics The Atmospheric Lens TMT’s unprecedented ability to peer into the depths of the Universe means it will have…
Watch - people react to looking at the moon through a telescope Watch - people react to looking at the moon through a telescope Source: boingboing.net/2018/03/15/watch-people-react-to-lookin.html
Repairs completed on Lowell Observatory's Pluto telescope FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An observatory telescope in Arizona used to discover the distant Pluto nearly 90 years ago will reopen for business…
The historic Yerkes Observatory is to close in 2018. Established in 1897 by George Ellery Hale, it's home to the largest refracting telescope in the world, the 40" Yerkes telescope.…