One of the best things a budding astronomer can do is not buy a telescope ! Instead, buy two!! Quite simply, a good set of binoculars is a ...

So what's an asterism ? When we look at the night sky we see stars and groups of stars. Some of these groups are among the 88 official...

On March 4th 2008, the 433rd Cubs, parents, and a few Scouts paid a visit to the David Dunlap Observatory. Unfortunately the weather did no...

Image courtesy of NASA, the Comet is a bonus, click on image for more info (Credit: Alessandro Dimai at the Col Druscie Observatory) Th...

One of the Astronomer badge requirements is to use a seasonal star chart. One of the most compact and useful star charts is called a Planis...