Sky & Telescope® Raffle

Take the Sky & Telescope® Magazine Challenge!

This new raffle (in the member's section) will further test your knowledge about the universe. Each month we will post a new S&T question. Get the answer right and you will be entered into a raffle to win Skywatch 2010.

Congratulations to the
winners of our latest raffle.
The answer to the previous raffle was:
Draco, Cygnus, Vulpecula, and Hercules are the constellations that border Lyra.

Spaceweather.com
Spaceweather.com's New Satellite Flybys App!

New from Spaceweather.com!

Spaceweather's new Satellite Flybys Application turns your iPhone or iPod into a field-tested satellite tracker! Download Satellite Flybys app. now!

Explore Alliance Benefits

Although the $100 Instant Rebate promotion has come to a close, Explore Alliance Members can still take advantage of the deal and buy the eyepiece for only $399 through February 2010!

Now through March 2010, Explore Alliance Members can buy an Explore Scientific 80mm, 102mm, or 127mm Air-Spaced Triplet ED Apochromatic Refractor* in the USA, and get one free 82° Series 1.25" Diameter Eyepiece, a $149 value. Choose either 14mm, 11mm, 6.7mm, or 4.7mm focal lengths!
Choices may be limited to available stock at time of order placed.
For more information on how to join and order these Alliance member specials. click here.

*Refractor(s) must be warranty registered if purchased earlier to qualify.

NASA Image Of The Day
NASA Image Of The Day
Watching History Unfold
Guests look on from the terrace of Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Endeavour launches on the shuttle program's last planned night launch. Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A to begin the STS-130 mission early Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Mission STS-130 will deliver a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and a seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics, to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers...
07 Feb 2010
800x6001024x768Large

Enter The NEW Sky & Telescope® Magazine Raffle

Congratulations to all our previous raffle winners:

Sky & Telescope® Magazine Raffle

January 2010:
A copy of Sky & Telescope® Magazine's "limited edition", Skywatch 2010 issue

  • Anthony M. in New York, Thom P. in Arizona, Michael O. in Illinois, Kevin M. in Arizona, Michael S. in New York, David C. in California
  • Michael L. in Arizona, Leslie R. in California, James T. in Wisconsin,
    Alan K. in Alberta Canada, Stanley S. in California, Kevin L. in Arizona
 

CN3y Sharing the Sky Web Log No 9-- Dean and Scott.

Over the years, in my wanderings among the stars, I have met some really wonderful people. In this column I wish to praise two of them, Scott Roberts, CEO of Explore Scientific, and Dean Koenig of Starizona. When I introduced them on January 19, 2001, (actually the night before George W. Bush’s inauguration) at a family dinner, I was not sure they’d get along. After all, as business people they were competitors; Scott was a Vice President of Meade at the time, and Dean emphasizes Celestron products at Starizona, his telescope store.   What I didn’t take into account was the utter decency and humanity of both men. They liked each other from the start, and their friendship has lasted to this day.

Read more...

 

Sharing the Sky Web Log 8: Uncle Guy, and a Fireball that Took its Time

Each month, our Sharing the Sky Foundation puts on a star party at the Corona Foothills Middle School.  There, we meet with  group of children gathered from all over Tucson to look at the sky.  In addition to using Uncle Guy, a 14-inch SCT donated from Meade Instruments, and a wonderful 14mm accompanying eyepiece from Explore Scientific, participating teachers bring their own telescopes.  Thus, we have lots of scopes, and usually a good sky to enjoy.

Read more...

 

<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > End >>

Page 1 of 6

Monthly Raffle

Congratulations to
Dennis W. in New York
for being selected from entries in our latest raffle of a Explore Scientific eyepiece.

The correct answer was: NASA began the construction of the Hubble Telescope in 1977.

Look for the next raffle(s) (in the member's section).
Explore Alliance Partners
Explore Alliance is proud to partner with these groups/individuals:
Search