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Spend an evening with Venus

Glenn Chaple’s Observing Basics: The solar system in a nutshell

What is the number one piece of advice a beginning astronomer needs to receive?

How are we sure that images classified as gravitational lensing are a distortion of light, not existing objects?

Observing, The Sun

How to observe the Sun

Stephen James O’Meara’s Secret Sky: Deep naked-eye diving

Observing, Stars

David H. Levy’s Evening Stars: A permanent IYA

Listening for a signal

Observing, Telescopes and Equipment

Is it normal for telescope optics to freeze up when the temperature is below freezing with high humidity? If so, how can I prevent this?

If our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole devoured a star, what effects or phenomena would be visible to observers on Earth? How likely is this sort of event to happen within a few human lifetimes?

How do scientists measure dark matter, dark energy, and normal matter using the CMB?

Robotic Spaceflight

New Horizons at Jupiter