Of all the optical instruments we carry at Spectrum, perhaps the most underrated is the Carson X-View Monocular
Why underrated? Monoculars tend to get the short shrift in the optics world. Telescopes, binoculars, and even microscopes often get pages and pages of reviews covering their various strong points and shortcomings, but monoculars seem to just get […]
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OK, Now you can look at the Moon!
OK, having gotten a quick glimpse you can take your telescope to the Moon! If you’ve chosen wisely, the Moon will only be half full, waxing or waning. The Full Moon looks like it might be a great target, but it lacks the shadow detail […]
So you read our telescope buyer’s guide, you did even more online research, you chose a telescope, you took it home, you went managed to put it together, you aligned the finderscope, heck you may have even taken the time to collimate it if you got a reflector! Now the skies are clear tonight and […]
….if you are on the opposite side if the world from where this is being written.
That right, if you haven’t heard there is a total eclipse taking place this evening at 8:50 EDT. Sadly for us, it is visible in India, China, and other nearby nations.
So for the rest of us, no Eclipse for […]
Say hello to the Spectrum store’s newest inhabitant: George!
George is a Triop, a creature that was around during the time of the dinosaurs. For over 220 million years Triops have been on this Earth, and they haven’t changed much since those dinosaur days.
Triops exist on every Continent on the Earth except Antarctic. They are […]
Swine flu is in the news: The first pandemic in ages. Swine flu afflicts the able-bodied, unlike regular Flu’s victims most are in their 20-30s. Swine flu is showing up around the US and most disease control centers are concerned.
So naturally, Giant Microbes have made a new Swine Flu Giant Microbe!
Like most Giant Microbes, this […]
July 20th of this year will mark the 40th anniversary of one of humanity’s most impressive steps: Getting a man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the fifth actual manned Apollo mission: Apollo 1-6 were either unmanned or just rocket tests, and Apollo 7-10 were crew tests that set the stage for the […]
Stretch it! Bounce it! Tear it! Shatter it! Discover the amazing and counter-intuitive properties of Thinking Putty in a live demonstration on Saturday, July 11th at 11:30am. Spectrum Scientifics, located at 4403 Main St, will host Philadelphia native and inventor Crazy Aaron as part of Manayunk’s ‘Second Saturday.’ He will be on hand to shatter […]
Its a slow day, being two days before our nation’s birthday, so we will keep things simple with this video of Poalrizing Film and what it does.
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