New Binocular Space Walk audio guide - Clusters in Cassiopeia and Perseus

I've added a new Binocular Space Walk audio guide, "Cruising for Clusters in Cassiopeia and Perseus." The guided tour takes you through the northern constellations Cassiopeia and Perseus to find 16 of the brightest open clusters in that part of the sky, as viewed from mid-latitudes in the northern hemisphere. It lasts about half an hour, but provides many opportunities to pause the recording to admire the objects and take breaks. Here's the link to the page, which is also available under Quick Hops on the right. Enjoy!

Binocular Space Walk - Cruising for Clusters in Cassiopeia and Perseus

New Binocular Space Walk audio guide available

I've added a new Binocular Space Walk audio guide. This one takes you through the Summer Southern Milky Way, as viewed from mid-latitudes in the northern hemisphere, looking at open clusters, globular clusters, a double star, and a few nebulae. It lasts about half an hour, but provides many opportunities to pause the recording to admire the objects and take breaks. Here's the link to the page, which is also available under Quick Hops on the right. Enjoy!

Binocular Space Walk - Summer Southern Milky Way

Added a new Space Walk Among the Stars - Binocular Edition

 

More fun with binoculars! I just added a new Space Walk Among the Stars - Binocular Edition, audio guided tour. This one is for the Winter sky, like the first one, but it uses the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, as a jumping off point to find some really nice star clusters including M41, M93, Collinder 140, M46, M47, M50, NGC 2423, and NGC 2360. 

Give it a try while these are still placed well in the evening once it gets dark, around 9 p.m. EDT. The Moon should be out of the way at that time from about March 28 through April 9, 2024.

Binocular Space Walk - From Sirius

No telescope? No problem. Try the new Binocular Space Walk Among the Stars - Winter Sky

For those of you without a telescope, or those of you like me who like to observe sometimes with just binoculars, I've added a new Space Walk Among the Stars - binocular edition. 

This Space Walk takes you down through the Winter sky in the south, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. You'll travel from Taurus, through Auriga, Gemini, Orion, and Canis Major, viewing objects such as the Pleiades, the Hyades, M38, M36, M37, the Great Orion Nebula, M35, and M41, just to name some of the headliners.

As always, the Space Walk includes a chart to get you oriented, but you can just lie back in your chair, grab your binoculars, and follow along with the recording as I guide you through these constellations. Enjoy!

Binocular Space Walk Among the Stars - Winter