Shelf I · Naked eye
The Moon, Crater by Crater
“The Moon is the one thing I can always find, and I still do not know what I am looking at.”
- Your eyes
- Binoculars
- 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.
5 courses and 2 routes
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
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
Shelf IV · Deep sky
Deep-Sky Imaging with a Small Refractor
“I have the mount and a small telescope, and I want to photograph a nebula, not just look at one.”
- Phone or camera + tripod
- Tracking mount
- A telescope
Shelf II · Route
The Eyepiece Route
“I bought the telescope and I would like to know it properly, from the box to the faint fuzzies.”
3 courses for £1,953 instead of £2,304
- A telescope
Shelf IV · Route
The Imaging Route: Tripod to Deep Sky
“I want to go from phone snapshots of the stars to my own picture of a nebula, without missing a step.”
5 courses for £3,236 instead of £5,478
- Phone or camera + tripod
- Tracking mount
- A telescope
- A computer