Buying a telescope, like buying a car or stereo equipment, is subject to your tastes as a consumer. In other words, the choice is up to you — but Astronomy can provide some guidelines to make your ...

For the longest time now, I’ve wanted to build a real, proper radio telescope. To me, this means a large parabolic reflector, a feed horn made of brass sheet, coat hanger wire, and at least for the ...

As long as humans have been gazing up at the skies, we’ve been entranced by the stars. And who can blame us? The cosmos are truly awe-inspiring. But if you really want to see what they have to offer, ...

Over the many years I’ve been writing this column, as well as putting on inside and outside astronomy and stargazing presentations, I’ve gotten inquiries from lots of nice folks about purchasing a ...

Tom Noe often holds concerts on his homestead outside Wylie. He sings inspirational songs, though not the kind you might think. The former Texas Instruments semiconductor engineer sings songs ...

Throughout the year, especially around this time, I receive many emails about purchasing a telescope. I don’t consider myself an expert, but I have lots of experience purchasing telescopes. I also ...

If this is the easy part of making a complete reflector telescope from a single piece of glass, we can’t wait to get a load of the hard part! A little backstory may be in order for those who don’t ...

Borrowing from modern telescope design, researchers have proposed a way to concentrate sunlight to ramp up laser efficiency. Legend tells of Greek engineer and inventor Archimedes using parabolic ...

On January 11, 1672, the Fellows of the British Royal Society were treated to a demonstration of Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope, which formed images with mirrors rather than with the lenses that ...