Physical Science

Binoviewers are one of those objects that divide the Astronomical community, some love them and some loathe them. My personal feeling is that when done right the binoviewer can be a magnificent piece of equipment but if the wrong pair…
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In the past, I have been put off from buying Antares products after purchasing an absolutely atrocious laser collimator from them. Perhaps it’s unfair to brand a company off of just one of its products and so when a friend…
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The zoom eyepiece allows astronomers to reach a multitude of focal lengths (magnifications) using only a single unit. In principal this can be a very desirable application as it negates the need to swap eyepieces around, it can be a…
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UFOs. Introduction to UFOs in correlation with other strange events throughout history. Please note nothing here has ever been scientifically  proven.  They are are legends only.  It is not  meant to be exhaustive  My sources are “Where to find in…
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Telescopes are some of the most fun scientific devices ever created.  It is amazing what you can discover hidden in the night sky when you understand how to properly employ one of these.  We will walk through the use of…
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Any Astronomer who lives in a light saturated suburb will value the virtue of portability in their telescope. The Lightbridge is Meade’s secret weapon against light pollution, if your struggling with sky glow simply collapse the truss poles and pack…
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Swamp gas? Weather balloons? Ball lightning? Flying saucers? Unidentified flying objects have been in the news for decades and sightings are on the rise again: the problem with them is that they are, by definition, unidentified. According to Sergeant Clifford…
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Are we really alone on Earth or are there at least 57 alien species of intelligent life visiting as reported by Sgt. Clifford Stone? That is the question! No matter what the answer to that question, the answer will give…
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Celestron rank amongst my favourite telescope suppliers, they are consistent in their quality and with the exception of the odd eyepiece here or there I’ve not come across a product that I haven’t been impressed with. So when I was…
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Occasionally I like to groove about the possibility that an errant alien spacecraft dumped some space alien DNA in Earth’s primordial ooze sometime in the Paleozoic Era and survived intact enough to evolve into octopuses. Given the diversity of life…
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