There are few things more peaceful and relaxing than a night under the stars. Through the holidays, many people head away from the bright city lights to go camping. They revel in the dark skies, spangled with myriad stars.
  • jarfil@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    I’ve recently heard that if you want to get into astronomy… forget getting a scope, just go to NASA’s website, download some of the raw data from the “big guns”, even starting from a decade ago, and figure out a way to analyze it to find inside something that nobody has found yet.

    But stargazing is fun as a hobby.

  • Phroon@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Getting out to the dark and just looking up is a really good suggestion of a place to start. Turn Left at Orion is a really good absolute beginner book too, so I second that recommendation as well. One resource I’d recommend that was missing from the article is the Cloudy Nights Forums. It’s one of the niche old-style forums that a lot of amateur astronomers frequent.