Ed Ting offers his well-considered views on the trends in amateur astronomy, especially the advent of powerful and easy-to-use smart telescopes and the decline of visual observing.
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Where is Amateur Astronomy Going?
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Contemplating the “Harp Star”
“Out on the lawn I lie in bed, Vega conspicuous overhead…” -W.H. Auden
All stars are good stars. But if I had to choose a favourite, it would be the dazzling star Vega, the jewel of the tiny constellation Lyra, the Lyre. Intensely bright and blue-white in colour, Vega conjures memories of pleasant summer evenings spent stargazing and offers astronomers a remote stellar laboratory to help understand how stars evolve [Read more…] about Contemplating the “Harp Star”
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