Shelf II · Telescope
Choosing and Setting Up Your First Telescope
“The telescope came out twice, showed me a blur, and now it lives in the hall cupboard.”
- A telescope
STAR ATLAS · 12 courses · 3 routes
Find your course on the atlas
Four shelves, from your first night with no equipment to processing a night of deep-sky frames. Search, or narrow it down by what you already own.
3 courses
Shelf II · Telescope
Planets at the Eyepiece
“I found Jupiter, saw a bright dot with four specks, and wondered why it looks nothing like the photos.”
- A telescope
Shelf II · Telescope
Star-Hopping to the Deep Sky
“My charts say the galaxy is right there and my eyepiece shows nothing at all.”
- A telescope
- Binoculars