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 [...]
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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 [...]
National Geographic CF700mm Telescope : FirstLook
Optical telescopes have not changed much since the days of Galileo. Sure, there have been some design innovations, since the good Signore Galilei turned his device towards [...]
EXO Labs : Camera On C6
The RainyDayScience folks got a digital camera from EXO Labs four years ago. While EXO Labs couldn’t make a long term go of it, they did make an excellent product, [...]
MOS: Da Vinci – The Genius
We at RainyDayMagazine are fascinated with any and all things related to Leonardo da Vinci, so when we heard that the exhibit Da Vinci – The Genius was coming to the [...]
Vixen Polarie Time Lapse Adapter – FirstLook
When the RainyDayCrew went to Maine this Summer for a little getaway, we brought along our Vixen Polarie StarTracker for some astrophotography; Maine has wide-open skies and [...]
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