It was 9: 14 in the evening when I went out the house to see if there's anything good to see. I browsed my Stargazing book and luckily found out that Mellotte Star Cluster is visible in the constellation of Coma Berenices. The Star Cluster is near the Gamma CBr.…

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M6 in Scorpius is visible through binoculars. It appears to have slight concentration on its eastern region. It has somewhat triangular in shape with an obvious cleft on center of it. …

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what a co-incident,,,,



2009 is my 10th year in astronomy, as we celebrate the 400 yr of galileos frist view of the night sky with the aide of a telescope, im also celebrating my decade in astronomy. It was 1999 (first sem) when I frist hear the word star gazing, it was a part of our Nat. Sci. 101 subject, I volunteered to assist our instructor (now the Deped division superintendent of Pagadian city, Victorina G. Perez, CEO VI) on her various star gazing activities to different high… Continue

Basics of Telescope Making (Refracting telescope)



Telescope – a telescope is an instrument that gathers radiation from a distant object in order to produce an image of it, or allow the radiation to be analyzed.

An optical telescope gathers radiation from the visible light of the electromagnetic spectrum. It has two main types: reflecting and refracting.



What makes up a telescope?

Refracting Telescope:

Objective:Convex lens, Eyepiece:Convex… Continue