A powerful winter storm damaged Lick Observatory’s Great Refractor telescope, forcing an indefinite closure as crews work to ...

The National Weather Service expects a storm to hit Mount Hamilton on Friday night and bring 2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain to the ...

Sensitive equipment and historical artifacts — including the Mills spectrograph used in the observatory’s early days to ...

Early on Thursday, Dec. 25, severe winds gusting up to 114 miles per hour tore loose half of the shutter on the 140-year old ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kdolT1b8WI&hl=en&fs=1] Derrick Pitts, lead astronomer at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute, talks about the telescope used ...

Crews at the historic Lick Observatory are racing against the clock after 114 mph winds damaged the historic dome on ...

The William Optics Megrez 90 and ZenithStar 66SD refractor telescopes are reviewed, highlighting their portability and suitability for travel. Both telescopes are described as exhibiting high-quality ...

Holiday shopping season has really kicked into gear, and if you have a stargazing fan on your gift list, you have a lot of choices. I think the best thing to do is buy online from one of the major ...

A high-quality, motorized, and preferably computer-controllable equatorial mount is paramount for astrophotography, exceeding telescope quality in importance, with a recommended minimum payload ...

If you have a stargazing fan on your gift list there are a lot of choices. I recommend buying online from one of the major telescope brands, such as Orion and Celestron. Go to their websites and ...

Over the many years I’ve been writing this column, as well as putting on inside and outside astronomy and stargazing presentations, I’ve gotten inquiries from lots of nice folks about purchasing a ...