amateur astronomy

If you are considering a telescope there are essentially three types available to the amateur astronomer. The most readily recognized type of telescope is the refractor, which has two lenses at the ends of its tube.

This planet was actually discovered by amateur astronomers! It is very impressive what new science can be achieved by experienced amateur astronomers. In this example, the planet moved in front of its parent star, hiding 0.6% of the

There is so little astronomy being posted to this group that I am starting to wonder if there is any point continuing to post here. Although the number of

Current astronomical objects or events for amateur astronomers to observe with their telescopes during the week of April 13 to April 19, 2008 such as planets

Summary: There is so little astronomy being posted to this group that I am Although the number of hits per day on my web site continues to climb the percentage of hits that come via Google groups has declined quite .