The 2015 Okie-Tex Star Party is now history. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the organizers at the Oklahoma City Astronomy Club for all of their hard work in preparation and their efforts at the event. Everything went amazingly smoothly and the night skies were the best we have seen this year. Having […]
The map projection used for any planisphere is a flat representation of our spherical view of the cosmos. Some distortion of distance, scale, area, etc. always results from this process. In map projections commonly used in planispheres this distortion increases geometrically as distance from the center increases. In conventional planispheres the distortion can be extreme which makes […]
Our legendary planisphere, The Night Sky™ is now paired with the Night Reader Pro™ astronomer’s flashlight at one great price! We noticed that many of our customers purchase a planisphere along with a Night Reader Pro astronomer’s flashlight so we thought we would bundle the two together at a reduced price to make it easier […]
Summer is a great time to be outdoors at night with clear skies and the prospect of seeing a shooting star. As you know, a shooting star is the common name for the bright streak of light given off by a meteor as it streaks into Earth’s atmosphere and burns up from the heat caused […]
The first Rocky Mountain National Park Night Sky Festival is now history. The park rangers put on a variety of astronomy related programs free for park visitors including opportunities to view the cosmos through a variety of telescopes and interesting presentations by professional astronomers and aerospace experts. Over 300 visitors attended the presentations and public […]
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