Eclipse Glasses

We have Eclipse Glasses in 5 piece bundles! Click this link for the Eclipse Glasses page in our store. 

Backyard Stargazing

Backyard Stargazing is a surprisingly simple and rewarding experience. In just one night you can learn to identify constellations and find objects like Globular Clusters, Nebulae, Supernova Remnants, Double Stars, and more!

New Feature – Billie’s Blog

Billie’s Blog is a new feature on DavidChandler.com bringing you quick bits of interesting information, explanations, Astronomy News, and general information for the amateur astronomer.

How to Use The Night Sky – Quick Guide

With The Night Sky™ planisphere you will be up and running and locating constellations within minutes. The most popular and lowest distortion star chart on the market.

Planisphere or App?

Now that smartphones and tablets have become ubiquitous many people ask us why we don’t publish a planisphere app instead of continuing to sell physical planispheres. The answer is that, in this case, there are several advantages to the physical format. more…

Why the Red Light?

Why do you need a red light to read your charts at night? It can take up to 45 minutes for the human eye to completely adapt to darkness as a protein called Rhodopsin builds up in the rod cells. Once your night vision is adapted you might be surprised …

International Astronomy Day – April 29, 2017

International Astronomy Day is observed twice each year by astronomers across the world. Local astronomy clubs, planetariums, observatories, and other groups sponsor public events each spring and fall to help newcomers make connections at all levels. The event is also intended to foster public awareness of astronomy and all of the sciences associated with it […]

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New Cardboard Southern Hemisphere Edition

Due to popular demand, we have just published our Southern Hemisphere version of The Night Sky in our economical cardboard format. Our cardboard format planisphere includes the same large, easy to read map disc as our Large Plastic charts but with a cardboard outer mask. Although more budget-friendly, our cardboard planispheres exhibit superior durability and […]

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Taurids Meteor Showers

As we enter November temperatures are beginning to drop making for a more bundled up stargazing experience. We are starting to see our familiar winter constellations come back into view and the cold dry nights actually provide some great seeing when the skies are clear. This week the Earth is passing through the debris trail […]

Orionid Meteor Shower

As we move forward into winter we are now privileged to have Orion and its many deep-sky objects back in our skies at reasonable observing times. As if to announce Orion’s return to our night skies the annual Orionids meteor shower begins in early October and will peak this year on October 22 with approximately […]