Claude Plymate calls his backyard home observatory the clubhouse that he never had as a child. The solar astronomer and his wife, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, ordered the white 10-by-10-foot domed ...

Save 200 bucks for Cyber Monday, this smart telescope will have you imaging stars, galaxies and planets in under 5 minutes.

Regardless of their interest in astronomy, visitors to Chris Krstanovic's home want to look through his telescope. Krstanovic recently built an observatory at his house in Windham, N.H. Before he ...

Ulugh Beg's observatory in Samarkand was a leading astronomical center. It produced the *Zij-i Sultani*, a highly accurate star catalog used for centuries. The observatory's work significantly ...