The opening image here shows a hero of mine, George van Biesbroeck, at the observing end of the Yerkes 40 inch refractor sometime in the...

Most astronomy enthusiasts are familiar with the Charles and Ray Eames' film, "Powers of Ten," in which the animation zooms out a factor...

With so much to see with my smart scopes and so little time between the interference of the Moon, clouds and this year's damn Canadian...

Now that I’ve calmed down about the supernova in M101 and galaxy season will be giving way to summer nebulae soon, I keep thinking about...

I take that title back a bit. You really don’t want to get too close to a supernova because there are so many types of lethal radiation...

I’m going to do a more extended blog entry on chasing down supernovas in nearby galaxies in the near future. It will have more of an...

For us smart telescope owners every clear night is like a visit to a smorgasbord. I don’t know about others, but I have trouble...

Have you ever tried to image an object near the zenith? Usually, your smart scope will tell you it can’t go there if you’re too close...

In my mind, using our smart telescopes is all about observing the enduring, rather than the ephemeral. Sort term phenomena or glimpses of...

After all, I spent so much on my smart telescopes, why don’t they really have great planetary imaging capability? Well, actually we can...

So, in this section of the blog posts In these blogs I will be adding relevant astronomy and astrophysics to accompany our smart...

One of the most frequent areas where I think people might get confused using a smart telescope is how long might they enhance or record....

Welcome to my new blog, which I'm calling Smart Stars. Okay, so here's the basic information about why I would want to launch myself with...