I love star gazing. I bought a piece of astronomical binoculars. I use it for star gazing. Through this, I am able to see the craters of the moon. I would love to see the planet Jupiter, Saturn as...

let me know what you think, heres the web address. www.worldwidetelescope.org i think its a great site for learning the stars. just copy and paste it in the browser window. i dont get...

This is The Ant Nebula, a cloud of dust and gas whose technical name is Mz3, resembles an ant when observed using ground-based telescopes. The nebula lies within our galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000...

This is Nebula NGC 2392, called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of comet-shaped objects flying away from a dying star. Eskimo is 5,000...

I found some really cool pics of the universe and would like to share. This is a pic if The Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth. The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as...

Has anyone seen the meteor shower? Last night was the premo viewing time but of course you can still catch some of the action for a couple of nights. I was out watching the last few nights and it was...

I was reading an article about satellite sightings. It says we should be able to see the satellite as it passes over us from June 15 until June 27. I'll try to give you the website to go to...

Tomorrow night we're supposed to have a "blue moon". I've been trying to research, and it appears there are different meanings. The most likely is the second full moon within a single month. I think...

April's Full Moon is called the Full Pink Moon. This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this...