Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn that confusing bundle of glass and metal into a tool that reliably shows the ...

ZWO's Seestar S30 is a 30-millimeter-aperture smart telescope that costs around $349. It's well-made and portable, and the Seestar app that controls it is very user-friendly. However, the highlight of ...

Staff photo / Bob Coupland Jodi McCullough of Salem, president of the Mahoning Valley Astronomical Society, assists Mike Allen of Boardman on how to use his new telescope at a recent event hosted by ...

For those enchanted by the possibility of seeing further into the heavens (or looking to pass on that enchantment to the next ...