World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth There’s a telescope under construction in Chile, and it’s slated to be the world’s largest – if…
Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has captured remarkably…
Sandia Labs apply design for additive manufacturing to build precision telescope Sandia Labs apply design for additive manufacturing to build precision telescope Usng sub-par materials and inaccurate dimensions does not…
Possibly one of the best and easiest ways to collimate an SCT! Schmitt-Cassegrain Collimation Made Easy Using a Duncan Mask | Alpha Lyrae Very simple method of achieving excellent collimation…
Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), an Australian-led group of astronomers working with European collaborators has revealed the “DNA” of more than 340,000 stars in the Milky Way, which should…
Sharper Focus -Part 1- The Why and How of Adaptive Optics The Atmospheric Lens TMT’s unprecedented ability to peer into the depths of the Universe means it will have…
Watch - people react to looking at the moon through a telescope Watch - people react to looking at the moon through a telescope Source: boingboing.net/2018/03/15/watch-people-react-to-lookin.html
Repairs completed on Lowell Observatory's Pluto telescope FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An observatory telescope in Arizona used to discover the distant Pluto nearly 90 years ago will reopen for business…
The historic Yerkes Observatory is to close in 2018. Established in 1897 by George Ellery Hale, it's home to the largest refracting telescope in the world, the 40" Yerkes telescope.…
If you have or even heard of a "Dobsonian Telescope", you'll know they're a low cost, easy to manage telescope. Here's the man who popularized them and brought the joys…
Watch the Casting of a Giant Mirror for the First Extremely Large Telescope A look inside the Mirror Lab, where astronomers go when they need some serious glass. Source:…
Astronomers Will Fight to Save WFIRST Space Telescope from Being Axed Leaders of the American Astronomical Society have denounced the White House's proposed cancellation of NASA's Wide Field Infrared…
ESO’s VLT Working as 16-metre Telescope for First Time - ESPRESSO instrument achieves first light with all four Unit Telescopes The ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in…
The wonderful Hooker 100" telescope on Mt Wilson has turned 100! Access Denied PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Astronomers are celebrating the centennial of the 100-inch (2,540-millimeter) Hooker Telescope at…