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How a Neutral Density filter fights light pollution
“Here. Wear these like sunglasses and look around.” I handed him a neutral density filter. We use them in the telescopes on nights when the moon is too bright. Too much light through the eyepiece is blinding, so we use these gray pieces of glass to reduce the light and create a more pleasant viewing…
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Becoming a Street Astronomer
People have always called me an alien. They’ll joke and say I only had three weeks to read up on Earth before they dropped me off. And for whatever reason, even from cloudy NorthEast Rochester or bright and crowded Philadelphia, I’ve always been tempted to look at the sky with my binoculars. Stare at the…
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Let’s show some people the moon!
Hey! If you’re interested in street astronomy, science outreach, or light pollution, then follow our adventures on this blog!I want to convince you that there’s nothing more fun than performing astronomy in public. 99% of people have never seen the moon’s craters before. We have the technology to launch telescopes into space that can see…
