Starwatch

This week in Starwatch I want you to go sky-high to dig for some of the great visual treasures waiting for your eyes.

And now that it gets darker a lot sooner in the evening, it’s easier to get out there and stargaze before the sandman starts working on your eyelids. You can spend a lot more time with your telescope and even just a nice pair of binoculars.

There are a lot of celestial treasures among the constellations in the late summer Butler sky. Star clusters, nebulae, double stars and even whole other galaxies outside our Milky Way are buried to the naked eye, but with a little patience and optical aid you can dig them out.

I also want to put in another word about smart photographic telescopes, which came out about three years ago. They are fantastic! I truly believe tha

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