The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Refracting Telescopes. In this episode we dive into our telescope of choice, refractors, with a discussion around Achro’s, APO’s, doublets, triplets and flat field designs
Objects to Observe in the April 2022 Night Sky places a focus on the planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as they line up and meet in conjunctions in the morning sky while Mercury makes an appearance during evening dusk.
In this episode we are joined by guest Don Machholz from the Looking Up With Don Podcast and discuss about Messier marathon and comet hunting.
he Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the March 2022 Night Sky and places a focus on events to help you find the planets as the Moon pairs with Uranus before dancing with Venus, Mercury, Mars and Saturn in the morning twilight.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents What to See In The Winter Sky Before It’s Gone. With poor skies so far this year Chris and Shane plan their end of winter observations including lots of faint nebulae, some galaxies, bright clusters and a bit of history.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the February 2022 Night Sky and places a focus on events to help you find the planets as the Moon pairs with Neptune and Uranus before dancing with Venus, Mercury, Mars in the morning twilight. We also talk about when and how to observe the Lunar Straight Wall as well as what comets and asteroids to look out for this month.
Today, @ActualAstronomy talk about the patterns in the sky both large and small as we share the guideposts to learning the night sky as well as some smaller asterisms you can see through binoculars and telescopes
The Actual Astronomy discuss about when and how to see the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Uranus minor planets Ceres and Iris and when the Moon will pair with these solar system bodies. We also talk about when you can see the Lunar X and Lunar Straight Wall, also say goodbye to Comet Leonard.
The @ActualAstronomy talks with Mark Radice about observation using 10-inch F15 victorian refractor, big binoculars, setting up his home observatory, planetary observing and how to take colour photos of lava flows on the moon.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast places a focus on when and how to see comet Leonard and highlight opportunities to see a planetary alignment with the comet, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn as well as a pairing of the comet and a globular star cluster.