Even if you don't have a telescope or binoculars, you can still enjoy naked eye star gazing. The book that got me started and which I highly recommend: The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey
I recognize H. A. Rey only as the author/illustrator of Curious George, had no idea he published anything else of note. Looks like my library has a copy. Thanks for sharing!
Nice! I recently bought a Dwarf 3 smart telescope and immediately hit the same problem — figuring out what to look at and when. I ended up building my own solution that takes a different approach: https://astraview.app
At first I thought this was only a list of night time objects to view, but then I saw the site has an extensive tools section.
One of those tools is a Bahtinov Mask, which I’ve never heard of, but I’m going to 3d print one from this site and use it to try and focus my scope.
The text is vapid AI slop. Is there anything "practical" or "curated" about this?
Deep diving into the celestial. Couple this site with dark sky app for road map tools into the universe.
If all will pardon the name drop, I'm listing my all-time most revered astronomy resource. It's not quite what is was 20 years ago, and I no longer look up much, but I've managed to get a smile from it with each visit. It's one of the few websites I still have an affection for.
Even if you don't have a telescope or binoculars, you can still enjoy naked eye star gazing. The book that got me started and which I highly recommend: The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars:_A_New_Way_to_See_Th...
https://archive.org/details/stars00hare
I recognize H. A. Rey only as the author/illustrator of Curious George, had no idea he published anything else of note. Looks like my library has a copy. Thanks for sharing!
Nice! I recently bought a Dwarf 3 smart telescope and immediately hit the same problem — figuring out what to look at and when. I ended up building my own solution that takes a different approach: https://astraview.app
At first I thought this was only a list of night time objects to view, but then I saw the site has an extensive tools section.
One of those tools is a Bahtinov Mask, which I’ve never heard of, but I’m going to 3d print one from this site and use it to try and focus my scope.
The text is vapid AI slop. Is there anything "practical" or "curated" about this?
Deep diving into the celestial. Couple this site with dark sky app for road map tools into the universe.
If all will pardon the name drop, I'm listing my all-time most revered astronomy resource. It's not quite what is was 20 years ago, and I no longer look up much, but I've managed to get a smile from it with each visit. It's one of the few websites I still have an affection for.
https://www.cloudynights.com/