Archive for the 'Telescope Basics' Category
Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Learning About Telescope Eyepieces
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010Another training video providing the basics of telescope eyepieces and how to select the proper eyepiece for your particular application and even more importantly, your budget. Amateur astronomy involves a significant amount of training and practice to get the full enjoyment out of your beginner telescope.
Even if you are using a kids […]
Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Align the Finderscope
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010This is a continuation of our astronomy basics for beginners video series to help you get the most out of your beginner telescope. If you are using a child telescope and watching this with your child, you will probably want to further explain the concepts to him or her. However, this lesson is […]
Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Telescope Mounts
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010As part of our continuing training program for beginner astronomers, we are presenting the following video to help you understand the importance and use of telescope mounts. The telescope mount is an important piece of equipment to help new astronomers track heavenly bodies across the night skies.
This is a how-to video and […]
