by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Inspiration
Astronomy is the study of what you see in the sky and the dynamics of objects in space. I think of it as about what you can see when you observe the sky with your eyes or through a telescope. What I love about astronomy is that it is accessible to everyone. You walk...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News
I’ve had a recurring problem with my Celestron SCT C6 telescope since I received it in Feb, 2008. Every now and then, especially when I am slewing the scope, and more often in cold weather, the scope stops working and the hand controller resets to the power up state....
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News
This is part 1. The properties of telescopes are often presented in a confusing way. In fact, it is simple if you keep in mind what a telescope is really doing. Fundamentally, all objects being viewed in the sky are at infinity. In other words, all the light rays from...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News
This is part 2. To read part 1, click here. The focal length of a mirror system is a direct measure of the translation of the angular size of an object to its spatial size on the image plane. In part 1 we saw that s = FL x a where s = spatial size of image on focal...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration, Life 201
If you missed out on summer camp as a kid, as I did, it’s not too late. But this time, you don’t have to rough it. For the last few years, I’ve attended various star parties during the summer. These are gatherings of enthusiastic amateur astronomers (not all of whom...
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