amateur astronomy
Notes from an Amateur Telescope Maker’s Journal, Part 1
A home-made equatorial wedge used with an off-the-shelf telescope, just one of the ways you can improve your telescope experiences.…
Thierry Legault: Astrophotography is an ‘Adrenaline Rush’
[/caption] During one of the final space shuttle missions, photographer Thierry Legault traveled nearly 4,000 km across various locations in…
New Comet Discovered by Amateur Astronomer
[/caption] "Friday, February 10th 2012 just felt like the perfect night for a comet to be discovered by an amateur…
First Amateur Image of Another Solar System
Amateur astronomer Rolf Wahl Olsen from New Zealand shared an image with Universe Today, and it is perhaps the first…
Backyard Science: How You Can Make a Difference
[/caption] It's a great time to be an amateur astronomer! Nowadays, "backyard" astronomers armed with affordable CCD imagers, high-quality tracking mounts, inexpensive…
New Hubble Images Zoom In on Asteroid Impact on Jupiter
[/caption] When amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Australia saw a dark spot the size of the Pacific Ocean appear on…
Amateur Spectroscopy
[/caption] Amateur astronomers are a unique species worthy of their own reality TV show. Their craftsmanship, resourcefulness, dedication, and passion…
Amateur Astronomer is “Chasing Galileo”
[/caption] A collage of 21-day old Moons, sketched by Galileo, (left), an image from Jane Houston Jones' telescope, center, and…
High School Students Discover Asteroid
Here's another wonderful example of how amateur astronomers can make important discoveries. Three high school students from Wisconsin discovered an…