With a little help from their friends [Jeff Fisher] and his dad built this observatory in their back yard ... for the telescope mount. This is completely separated from the building that surrounds ...

If telescope upgrades aren’t enough to quench your astronomical thirst you could go full out with a backyard observatory build. Danke [Håken] for the tip.

Telescopes don't come any smaller than the Dwarf 3, but does its portability come at the cost of image quality? Read the ...

Is it possible to view Pluto from a backyard ... what your go-to mount tells you) is Pluto's position. Insert a medium-power eyepiece. Then carefully - and as accurately as you can - make a ...

Gaze into the great beyond from your own backyard with the best telescopes for stargazing, where distant galaxies become backyard companions, and the moon feels like a mere stone's throw away.