by Shaun Johnston | Sep 18, 2024 | Through My Lens Series
My First Polar Alignment Under a Supermoon Last night was a pivotal moment in my astronomy journey. Not only was I getting to use my newly acquired SkyWatcher Explorer 150PDS telescope and EQ3-PRO mount in full for the first time, but I also practiced polar aligning...
by Shaun Johnston | Sep 12, 2024 | Astronomy
Gearing Up for the Galaxy: My First Telescope Upgrade As part of my ongoing exploration into astronomy and astrophotography, I recently upgraded my gear to something more advanced. After much deliberation (and a few eBay hunts), I finally settled on two key pieces of...
by Shaun Johnston | Mar 26, 2024 | Astronomy
Exploring Astronomy with Stellarium I recently signed up for a new online course with the Open University. The course is ‘Astronomy with an Online Telescope’, which shows you how to navigate the night sky and introduces many of the celestial objects found in our solar...
by Shaun Johnston | Mar 23, 2024 | Through My Lens Series
Through My Lens: Chapter 2 In Chapter One of the Through My Lens series, we began by discussing my limited experience in astrophotography and the basic equipment I currently use to take my images. All in the hope to show you that your astronomy journey can start from...
by Shaun Johnston | Feb 10, 2024 | Physics
Quantum Glimpse: Atom Imaging As we focus on taking images of the night sky, we often forget about the fundamental significance of quantum mechanics in the universe. The difficulties aspiring astronomers face when taking images of the stars is nothing compared to the...
by Shaun Johnston | Jan 14, 2024 | Through My Lens Series
Through My Lens: Chapter 1 You may have come across our slogan ‘Embarking on a Celestial Journey’ across our website and social media. We decided on this slogan as it resonates with our journey and the experience we want our audience to have. It is also...
by Shaun Johnston | Jan 13, 2024 | News
Embracing the Dark (Mode) Welcome back, fellow Stargazers! You may have noticed a subtle, yet significant change in our website’s appearance – we’ve officially switched to dark mode (and yes, we know the blog posts remain white, we don’t want...
by Shaun Johnston | Jan 10, 2024 | News
What to Expect from The Astronomers? The Astronomers aims to document the journey of an amateur astronomer. We want to highlight the triumphs, challenges, and awe-inspiring moments we encounter as we navigate the vast expanses of the night sky and learn about the...
by Shaun Johnston | Jan 9, 2024 | News
Welcome to The Astronomers! I’m Shaun Johnston, the creator of The Astronomers and I’m delighted to announce the launch of our new website. Our goal is to embark on a celestial journey, both personally and as a community. How did we get here? Whilst our parents and...
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