Pelican 1650 Case retrofit
We posted a FirstLook of a telecope transport case yesterday. The case was originally designed for the military to protect and ship electronic equipment. It happens to [...]
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Meade LX200 Telescope Case
The interns have been researching various options for transporting the two telescopes. There are few telescope case makers and their cases are typically custom-fit units [...]
Museum Of Science Planetarium
The stars fascinate many who look up at them on a clear night. Those who love them are always seeking new ways to enjoy them, day or night. We looked at one of those ways [...]
Meade RCX400 Tripod Comparison
Yesterday we took a FirstLook at our newly acquired Meade RCX400 Ultra-Stable tripod. Weighing in at close to 60 lbs, this tripod is a beast. However, since it can [...]
Meade RCX400 Tripod
Bigger is definitely better when it comes to telescope tripods. The main reason is telescopes are very sensitive to vibrations. The sturdier the tripod, the better the [...]
iOptron LiveStar Planetarium
Last January we got a gift of a wonderful globe made by Stellanova. It glowed from the inside, illuminating all of the constellations on its surface. The globe is [...]
Scientific Revolution
Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica(“Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”), popularly known as the Principia, is [...]
MOS: Reptile Exhibit
The Boston Museum Of Science’s new exhibit, Reptiles: The Beautiful & the Deadly opened on Sunday. RainyDayMagazine had a first hand look at the critters over [...]
Mandelbrot
Fractals are everywhere and you don’t have to be a math geek to appreciate their beauty. However, it took Benoit Mandelbrot (who WAS a serious math geek) quite a [...]
Aikido3D: FirstLook
We recently got into a brief discussion online about what it means to be “in control.” After 10 years of Aikido practice, the one thing we have learned is that [...]
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