by admin | Jan 9, 2022 | Blog
Welcome to this guide on How to Adjust Binoculars, brought to you by UK Telescopes. In this guide, we will help you setup your binoculars which are sometimes used instead of a telescope. Get your binoculars out and let’s get started. Telescope or Binoculars?...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog
Vaonis Stellina Review In this article I take a fun view of a new scope from Vaonis, meet Stellina. This post will not be technical, I will not carry out any tests or data evaluation, this will be a night out having fun and finding out a little more about this...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Blog
How to Clean Telescope Eyepieces Hello and welcome to a new astronomy article, this time we got to do something different it’s been cloudy for quite a while now so while we’re waiting for the skies to clear I am going to clean up my eyepiece. An eyepiece...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Blog
Photograph the Moon Smartphone cameras have advanced in recent years, they produce excellent quality terrestrial photographs and used in the right way can also take photos of the night sky, Astro Photography. In this short tutorial I cover the basics to take some good...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog
My ten tips for the beginner astronomer – using a beginners telescope In this article I would like to share with you my top ten astronomy tips for using a small telescope, going out at night in the dark requires some preperation and a few simple techniques to...
by admin | Oct 14, 2021 | Blog
Telescope Targets – Where to point my Telescope? This article explains how to choose some objects of interest in the Northern Hemisphere that are completely circumpolar for most people living in the United States, Europe, South Korea and Japan, and of course,...
by admin | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
Take a look at these three amateur telescopes in the adjacent image. It may not appear so at first, but all three are the same size. They all have a 60mm aperture (Objective Lens). Let’s have a closer look to start calculating telescope magnification. They all have...
by admin | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog
Astronomical eyepiece filters are a wonderful way to enhance your telescope viewing experience. Telescope filters work by blocking specific parts of the light spectrum, while allowing other wavelengths of light to pass through. Filters can also help reduce...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog
Now that you have your telescope setup it is a good idea to learn a little about the night sky. Many of us are located in an area with a significant light pollution. Fortunately, there are still many things you can see from the city when searching in the night sky....
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog
Many telescopes, especially small telescopes, come supplied with an Equatorial Mount often described as a German Equatorial Mount. For beginners this type of mount may seem complicated. However, if approached in the right way the setup is fairly straightforward and...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog
As with all optical instruments, Telescopes, Binoculars, Spotting Scopes, Microscopes etc. they all have Eyepieces. It is the telescope eyepiece that does the magnifying. There are many types of telescope eyepiece available some of which are listed below, most...
by admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog
If someone wants to know ‘how to use a telescope’, the answer could simply be “point it at the object you want to look at and away you go!” This, of course, would be unfair as there is so much more to using a telescope if you want to take advantage of its...
by admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Blog
Welcome to this guide on Mapping the Night Sky, brought to you by UK Telescopes. In this guide, we will help you take your first steps to identify some of the most intriguing and fascinating phenomena in our solar system. Let’s get started with something...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog
The first time you use your telescope for astronomical viewing, it will hopefully be a clear, moonlit night. It’s important to make sure visibility is very high to ensure you get off to the best possible start on your astronomical journey. Getting out to a rural...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
If you are relatively new to the world of scopes, you may be wondering if you need a telescope or spotting scope. We often get asked the question ‘What is the difference between a Telescope and a Spotting Scope?’? People also want to know if there is a...
