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M97 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major. It is also known as the owl nebula and for obvious reasons it appears to have owl eyes. 

This article will show you how to turn any telescope, pair of binoculars, or camera into a solar telescope by using solar safety film. Solar safety film can be added to the front of any optical instrument and you can buy it as a plain sheet of solar safety film . You can then cut it to the size you want and mount it on the front. Before using any solar film, you should always check that it does not have any holes. To do so, you need to hold the film up to a source of light to make sure no light is shining through. You can then attach it to your telescope or binoculars, remember if you attach it to binoculars to cover both objective lenses. Do remember to securely attach the filters so they do not fall off accidentally. Once on there you can look through there with a camera or your own eyes and you will be able to see the sun. Another important safety step is that before doing any solar observing is to make sure you cover up the finderscopes or other optical equipment that you are not a

In this article I am going to discuss if it is possible for a normal person to buy something in space. There are many websites that will offer you the opportunity to name a star, but is that genuine?

In this article we are going to talk about how to find the Starfish Cluster M38. The Starfish Cluster can be quite beautiful. Some of the most beautiful sights in the night sky are open star clusters, such as the Pleiades cluster, which looks like a miniature version of the Plough or Big Dipper. 

You have finally got a clear night and of course it is the full Moon. What are you going to do? Well, obviously you can observe the Moon directly, but you will have to use a moon filter to do that. If you do not then you are not going to see the fine details.

This article examines a spectacular type of object created by a star's final act, a planetary nebula, or more specifically, the Blue Snowball Nebula. Other names that are commonly used for this nebula include NGC 7662, Caldwell 22, and Snowball Nebula.

Dwarf planets are largely ignored in amateur astronomy probably because they are not as impressive as some of the beautiful nebulae or galaxies in the night sky.

This article will cover M10 and M12, two prominent globular clusters in Ophiuchus. The two globular clusters are not only bright, but also only three degrees apart, making them an excellent target on even a full moon night. The best time to view these clusters is during the summer months of May, June and July.

On my YouTube Channel I take a lot of astrophotography photos to show you what you can see in the nights sky, unfortunately though they are not always perfect and this is because the mount does not always track accurately and to get around this I have gone and got myself a guide scope. In this article, I would like to list three good reasons why a guide scope would be useful in astrophotography. The first and most obvious reason you would want to get a guide scope is obviously to guide and PHD2 a free open-source software makes and excellent job of this, especially when used with my Astroberry . If you would like to see an example of the PHD2 in action then please watch the episode below. In the episode below I show a side-by-side comparison of the M65 galaxy, comparing tracking and non-tracking images. Although the guided footage is clearly better than the unguided, I would like to point out that both captures have the same exposure and so on, it is just that guided footage i

In this article, I will cover how to find the Leo Triplet cluster of galaxies and what makes them interesting. There are many great galaxies in the night sky such as the Triangulum galaxy but with a cluster of galaxies you get much more to explore.