Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Telescope against a starry night Telescopes gather and focus light using precisely-shaped mirrors and lenses (or a combination of ...

Around this time of year I try to give you the best advice about holiday shopping for a telescope for that special someone, even if that special someone is you. This is a challenging column to write ...

If you've decided to get into stargazing and are hunting for the best beginner telescope, you'll first need to decide that type of telescope you're after. If your search to the best telescope for ...

This review, “The big easy,” appeared in the May 2005 issue of Astronomy magazine. Spring nights beckon observers. As amateur astronomers whose dreams usually outstrip our budgets, my little stargazer ...

I'm often asked to recommend a telescope, especially around the holidays, when gift-giving is on our minds. Today I'll share a few suggestions, but before we talk specifics, let's look at the ...

Around this time of year I try to give you the best advice I can about holiday shopping for a telescope for that special someone, even if that special someone is you. This is a very challenging column ...

Every year about this time, I like to write a column about giving telescopes as gifts. Maybe you have someone — young or old — on your holiday gift list who’s looking for a telescope. Maybe the giftee ...

This review, “Orion’s IntelliScope XT10,” appeared in the January 2005 issue of Astronomy magazine. I’m often asked, “What’s the best telescope I can buy on a limited budget?” Usually, I recommend a ...

Another Thanksgiving is history, and we’re full bore into the Christmas shopping season. Every year about this time I like to put out my column on telescope gift giving. You have someone on your ...

Looking to sell a 6" f/8 Dobsonian reflector (Hardin Deep Space Hunter) telescope. It comes with a few modifications for easier use I made, plus it's 6x36 finder scope, a moon filter for the eyepieces ...

Another Thanksgiving is history and we’re full bore into the Christmas shopping season. Every year about this time, I like to put out my column on telescope gift giving. You have someone on your ...