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Yesterday I got a chance to observe the triple conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury this month . It had been awful cold and cloudy wea...

I made a (daytime) comparison of what the different eyepieces will do with the telescope I have. The telescope is a cheap used " OPTUS ...

As the sky cleared up in the afternoon and an waxing Moon was hanging in the sky, I thought best not to wait for the nightfall, test the tel...

Interesting : … Planetary observers with superior telescopes, too, were subjected to the scorn of those astronomers of the time who had gi...

On Sunday I purchased a telescope for 5€ on a flea market ( similar to this scope ). It is a Newton reflector, with a spherical primary mirr...

I find it a bit nonsensical when I read "Russian Civil War". Yes, there has been the "Whites", but without the war from ...