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Starfront Observatories installs Custom 24-Inch F3 telescope
Saturday, August 23, 2025 by Richard Harris
Starfront Observatories in Rockwood, Texas has installed its largest telescope yet. A custom-built 24 inch f/3 Newtonian astrograph now rides atop a wedge-mounted PlaneWave L-600, marking a significant leap forward in the observatory’s growing array of customer hosted telescopes. This instrume...
Why filters look colored
Friday, July 18, 2025 by Richard Harris
Imagine you're holding a deep red filter from your telescope’s filter wheel up to a bright light. The glass looks red, and everything you see through it is tinted in that hue. If that filter’s job is to pass only red light from the stars, you might wonder: Why is the filter itself re...
Accumulation of dust particles examined
Thursday, November 14, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
In a fascinating exploration of the cosmos, astronomers have been delving into the accumulation of dust particles in space, particularly focusing on the reflection nebula known as vdB 9 in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is illuminated by the Cepheid variable star SU Cassiopeiae, whose blu...
Stephans Quintet and IFN captured by Francesco Meschia
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Francesco Meschia
Three years ago, and three months after getting my first astro-camera, I imaged this field with RGB filters from my backyard. Knowing nothing better, I did not collect L data at all. But in the last month I revisited this target and decided to go as deep as my sky and patience would allow. I en...