The Moon Through Your Astronomy Telescope

For astronomers, especially the stargazing novice and hobbyists, the moon is one of the solar system objects on which their refracting telescope, reflectors or any other astronomical telescopes are often trained at.

What is with the moon, why most would love to stare at it, study it, whether with the naked or the aid of the telescope? Well, aside from the fact that this luminescent lunar globe is considered by many as a celestial object of romance – short of being hypnotic – it is simply there for everyone to behold.

Even without your astronomy telescope, the moon can be easily located. Just look up the clear night sky and you can see the moon and admire its beauty. But if you want a more detailed look, you definitely need to have your telescope. The moon’s craters can be seen by the naked eye, but you can see a thousand times better if you have an optical gadget to use.

Scientists have actually given names to the various lunar features such as the seas and mountain, not to mention the craters. And so it can be very helpful of you have a lunar map which you can use to identify those that you see in your telescope. Or perhaps what you can do is to find on the moon the craters that are identified on the map. Don’t you think this is an astronomical task that’s interesting and a lot of fun?

Indeed, if you are new to star gazing, the moon is one of the first objects you are recommended to check with your astronomical telescope. And with its magnificent images, it will definitely inspire you to seriously pursue stargazing and the science of astronomy.

Astronomy Telescope For Kids: Getting One

What great joy it will be for us if our kids will take on great love on science, more so if his choice is astronomy, and pursue such passion relentlessly, choosing this science as his field of work later on in his life. We can help them go into this path by giving them their own astronomical telescope.

You should know how it is the first time you held up your refracting telescope to the skies – it was such an amazing moment. Now you want your child to have the same experience, and hopefully also pursue star gazing and the study of the heavens even if only a hobby.

First, if your own refracting telescope of your childhood years cannot be used anymore, you need to buy one for your child. An important advice in buying him his first astronomy telescope is this: never focus of the magnification of the scope, as this is not important in determining the reliability of a telescope.

The more important feature when you buy one is the scope’s diameter, or what is called the aperture – this provides the quality of images and pictures that a telescope can give you. You will have to choose the largest aperture over the strongest magnification anytime. Surely, the kid of space images that your child will get from a telescope with the desired aperture will awe him to no end.

You must know how kids are, they can be so hyperactive and sometimes lack concentration that they make unnecessary movements around the telescope, affecting its stability, even damaging it if in case it gets toppled down. Therefore, when choosing a telescope for you kid, you must think about its mount. Choose a model that has the most stable mount. Pass up on one which you think is a wobbly type.