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If all will pardon the name drop, I'm listing my all-time most revered astronomy resource. It's not quite what is was 20 years ago, and I no longer look up much, but I've managed to get a smile from it with each visit. It's one of the few websites I still have an affection for. https://www.cloudynights.com/
Even if you don't have a telescope or binoculars, you can still enjoy naked eye star gazing. The book that got me started and which I highly recommend: The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars:_A_New_Way_to_See_Th... https://archive.org/details/stars00hare
They look like small moving stars, and can be easily distinguished form airplanes by the lack of any blinking lights, and their speed (and surprisingly brightness in some cases) in the night sky.
I live in the NYC area, next to a large airport and several big cities, and a big school stadium that'll light up the sky when the lights are on, and can still see them zooming by overhead.
(And you can install the ISS Detector app to get notified when the ISS and the Tiangong are going to be visible overhead in your area.)
Even if you don't have a telescope or binoculars, you can still enjoy naked eye star gazing. The book that got me started and which I highly recommend: The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars:_A_New_Way_to_See_Th... https://archive.org/details/stars00hare
I recognize H. A. Rey only as the author/illustrator of Curious George, had no idea he published anything else of note. Looks like my library has a copy. Thanks for sharing!
Nice! I recently bought a Dwarf 3 smart telescope and immediately hit the same problem — figuring out what to look at and when. I ended up building my own solution that takes a different approach: https://astraview.app
Nice! I recently bought a Dwarf 3 smart telescope and immediately hit the same problem — figuring out what to look at and when. I ended up building my own solution that takes a different approach: https://astraview.app
This is excellent! I might be interested in porting this to Android, if you would like. My Gmail username is the same as my HN username.
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This is excellent! I might be interested in porting this to Android, if you would like. My Gmail username is the same as my HN username.
I am about 90% done with an Android port
I do naked eye astronomy, sometimes with groups.