Urban Safari: Spring’s Pink Super Moon
This Spring’s Pink Supermoon was closer to Earth than the moon normally is (221,772 miles vs 238,900 miles, approximately). Because of that, it appeared about 7% larger [...]
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Celestron NexImage 10 : FirstLook
NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 crisis Celestron is extending their “Stay Home & Explore campaign” promo to April 30, 2020. Check it out here! Quite a few [...]
Celestron NexYZ Adapter: FirstUse w/the Questar
Astrophotography is the original social distancing activity from before it was a “thing:” just you, your telescope, and the celestial bodies above (which are [...]
Questar Custom Air Case: FirstLook
A sturdy case is a must-have for portable telescopes (like the ETX90 or the Meade 2045) because anything can happen “out there.” Most OEMs supply a hard case [...]
Celestron NexYZ : FirstLook
Astrophotography used to be an obscure hobby available only to dedicated astronomers willing to put in the effort—both in time and equipment—to get the shot. When higher [...]
First Man On The Moon
July 20, 1969: the day the first human stepped on the surface of the Moon. The RainyDay Interns were stunned to learn that some of us remembered seeing it live on tv (along [...]
Foldscope Origami-inspired Paper Microscope : FirstLook
A lot of really cool stuff show up at the RainyDayMagazine office. Often, though, the excitement is somewhat localized. The RainyDayKitchen folks don’t get all [...]
Bird Families Of The World
A few years ago—at the urging of some RainyDayScience readers—we took a look at Vol.16 of the Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW). We were immediately blown away by [...]
Questar : Solar Eclipse 2017
Of all the telescopes in our RainyDayScience collection, the 3.5″ Questar is our favorite for a variety of reasons: amazingly sharp optics, quick to setup, and [...]
National Geographic CF700mm Telescope : FirstLight
We took a FirstLook at the National Geographic CF700mm telescope at the beginning of June, but only got a clear enough night for its FirstLight debut recently. The CF700mm [...]
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