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Forum discussion tagged with telescopes.
  1. Hamptons Observatory

    Winter Stargazing: A Journey Through the Night Sky (A Free, Hybrid Event)

    On December 20th at 6:30 PM, ET, NASA Solar System Ambassador & Hamptons Observatory's Senior Educator, William Francis Taylor, MSc, will present a free, hybrid lecture, “Winter Stargazing: A Journey Through the Night Sky.” The talk will be held at the South Fork Natural History Museum...
  2. INVICTUSOUL

    Photonic-Optic Meta-Lattice (POML): Shattering Limits of Light Manipulation and Resolution

    There is a full decription on "Medium" but since cant post links, will just highlight a few key points so MAYBE someone could build the best possible optics technology currently able to be achieved, surpassing the JWST capabilities by FAR..heres how.. Light manipulation has long been...
  3. Illogical

    Question Is observing Proxima Centauri B Possible?

    I've done some math relating to angular size, and M87's central black hole has an angular size of ~42 microarcseconds and Proxima Centauri B has a angular size of about ~35 microarcseconds. And so i think that with todays and developing technology we could get an image of Proxima Centauri B...
  4. Khaled Alwaleed

    Question I want to get back to my passion of astronomy. Time to buy a telescope again!

    Hello, I'm thinking of buying a telescope again after almost 15 years, it's time to go back again. Can you help me narrow down my options? It'll be used mainly for galaxy and star gazing as well as planetary too. I'd like it motorized and astrophotography capable through my computer not a camera...