May 10th, 2008 is National Astronomy Day. Around the world, Astronomy Clubs will be holding special events to celebrate. This year’s theme is ‘Bring Astronomy to The People’.
The Chester County Astronomy Society is having a special event in Hoopes Park, in West Chester. The event starts at 8PM. On the field, an assortment of telescopes will be […]
The sheer, overwhelming amount of light pollution from a city can lead many of its inhabitants to believe that there is no way they can view anything from urban areas. Its not just residents who feel this way, I’ve even talked expert astronomy authors who have told me that there was no reason to get […]
There are several telescope buyers guides available on the Internet, some good, some not so good. At Spectrum we are writing from our experience with customers and hope to make this simple and helpful.
Towards that end, the first and in some ways only rule of telescopes is:
Aperture is King!
Aperture is the diameter of the main […]
Spectrum Scientifics is proud to announce our science blog! We expect weekly updates of useful science information, from writeups about the tiniest of science toys to full-fledged articles on how to choose your telescope! We hope this blog will be useful, informative and will help you learn and decide about the science products you are looking for!
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