Harry Brandons

Some people sometimes view hobbies as sometimes silly or frivolous pastimes. And its true some hobbies are like that. But it is healthy to...

No matter how far along you are in your sophistication as an amateur astronomer, there is always one fundamental moment that we all go back ...

If you have a passion for star gazing, telescopes, the Hubble and the universe and this thing we call astronomy, you are far from alone. Of...

When you enter into any new area of science, you almost always find yourself with a baffling new language of technical terms to learn before...

There is a moment in the life of any aspiring astronomer that it is time to buy that first telescope. Its exciting to think about setting u...

In the history of modern astronomy, there is probably no one greater leap forward than the building and launch of the space telescope known ...

Buying the right telescope to take your love of astronomy to the next level is a big next step in the development of your passion for the st...

While it was just a TV show, that little speech at the beginning of the original Star Trek show really did do a good job of capturing our fe...

If you are a serious astronomy fanatic like a lot of us are, you can probably remember that one event in childhood that started you along th...

For most of us, the idea of astronomy is something we directly connect to stargazing, telescopes and seeing magnificent displays in the heav...

One of the earliest activities we engaged in when we first got into astronomy is the same one we like to show our children just as soon as t...

We have a special feeling toward the other planets that circle our sun. Maybe its all the science fiction stories about visiting the moon, ...

For many of us, our very first experience of learning about the celestial bodies begins when we saw our first full moon in the sky. It is t...

Of all of the celestial bodies that capture our attention and fascination as astronomers, none has a greater influence on life on planet Ear...

When television was young, there was a hugely popular show based on the still popular fictional character of Superman. The opening of that ...

The beauty of astronomy is that anybody can do it. From the tiniest baby to the most advanced astrophysicist, there is something for anyone...

You might remember the Dell computer commercials in which a youth reports this exciting news to his friends that they are about to get their...

The one thing we love the most in the world of astronomy is a good mystery. And if there was ever a mysterious and yet very powerful force ...

As parents, we often worry about what our children are getting excited about. We hope we can guide them to bond with healthy things like a ...

Its hard to say when in our lives each of us become aware of this thing called astronomy. But it is safe to say that at some point on our l...