Sunday, September 20, 2026 Issue 631: The Good Tasco Redux | International Observe the Moon Night with Tiny | The Good Tasco, I talked about my second Tasco telescope, an 11TE 4.5-inch reflector, which was indeed a good one. The first? Not so much, muchac... See more
International Observe the Moon Night with Tiny Years ago, in what is still one of my favorite AstroBlog articles, The Good Tasco , I talked about my second Tasco telescope, an 11TE 4.5-inch reflector, which was indeed a good one. The first? Not so much, m... See more
Saturday, August 01, 2026 Issue 630: Curing Charity Redux + Chalk Up Another Space Summer How’s one of my favorite telescopes of all time, Charity Hope Valentine, my ETX125 PE Maksutov Cassegrain, doing? Muchachos, the reason you haven’t heard much about ... See more
Here we are, muchachos, we have walked through that door into summer . What does that mean for your aged correspondent at Chaos Manor South? Rain, rain, and more rain . Thunderstorms. The possibility of hurricanes in the Gulf (though with an El Niño comin... See more
Well, muchachos, down the Messier Road we go. Again. I’ll have some different articles for you in the coming months so the Messiers don’t get old (could they, really?), but tonight we are in for some Messier Masterpieces . Though, by midmonth, I began to ... See more
