Astronomy

Meade LX200 12 Inch – Using Affordable Mirrors For Quality Observation

If you are looking for a telescope that utilizes the latest technology in its effort to get rid of blurry objects in your view, the LX200 EMC is worth considering. The LX200 portrays for you a flat image that is sharp and distinct. Meade gets rid of the blurriness that can ruin a night of careful observation and replaces it with a sharp clear image. This feat is accomplished with the careful placement of hyperbolic mirrors, and it is an extraordinary achievement for the scientists at Meade. You can imagine, after viewing sharp clear images of popular objects in the… Continue reading

Constellations – Three Steps in Finding the North Star

Children love stars. Even more so, they enjoy searching for stars in the night sky. As a parent, you may want to teach your child a thing or two about constellations. To get started, you can show them how to find the North Star and explain to them the historical significance attached to it. Of course, this is something that science teachers may be interested in introducing to students as well.

There are many tricks for finding the North Star. Here are three steps in finding it that you should consider teaching to young children:

1. The easiest way to… Continue reading