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Astronomy & Binoculars

Cometary visit of 2025: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

The year 2025 brings a cometary treat to the skies. C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), discovered earlier this year at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, has a good chance of becoming one of the most interesting objects of late autumn. If the weather cooperates, we may even see it with the naked eye.

3I/ATLAS observations

A new comet has appeared in the sky, but it has a very special origin. The designation 3I/ATLAS reveals that this is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system. Its orbit is clear evidence that it is "not domestic" - the comet is moving on a highly hyperbolic trajectory and at a speed that rules it out. It arrived in our solar system from interstellar space, most likely from a region towards Sagittarius.

How to "colour" nebulae with Seestar S50

In future articles we will discuss the Seestar S50. As with the Seestar 30 we will start in Jílové near Prague and if it works out we will shoot something in better light conditions in Brdy.

Astronomical September 2025: when (and what) to do under the night sky

September brings not only the start of astronomical autumn, but also some interesting phenomena worth watching.

The best locations for astronomical observations in the Czech Republic

The night sky has fascinated us since time immemorial. While we can barely see dozens of stars in cities, thousands of them light up overhead in really dark places. But where can we find such places? We've put together a list of the best locations, both officially protected areas and good places within driving distance of major cities.

Astrophotography with Seestar S30 - NGC6888, NGC7331, NGC7000 and the pair Altair & Tarazed

Originally I wanted to devote Saturday evening to new observations with S30 and go to Brdy. Unfortunately, Saturday's early evening sky put on quite a spectacle, but there was nothing to see. Sunday morning was thus spent well slept with the detector on a rescue archaeological survey of the Tismice hillfort, the first time I have been there. Again, a few nice pieces were found, but personally, despite a good number of colorful targets, I only had one item to turn in.

Gypsum and the Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318) with the Seestar S30 telescope

In this series of articles we will show how you can enjoy the night sky with the Seestar S30 and S50 smart telescopes. Most of the observations will be from Jílové near Prague, where unfortunately due to the big city about 10 km behind the houses the light conditions are very poor. Still, you can enjoy the night with Seestar. 😊

New Celestron microscopes in LP offer

Today we stocked the new Celestron TetraView 4.3" LCD 40-1600 and LCD Dig II 3.5" TFT 4-1600 professional microscopes. At the same time, the most popular children's microscopes, the Celestron Microscope Kit 40-600x junior with USB sensor, have finally arrived.

Celestron AstroMaster 130/650mm EQ and PowerSeeker 127/1000mm EQ finally in stock

Two much demanded mirror telescopes from Celestron finally in stock

Photon Hunters - a great series about night sky photography

From 30.6.2021 the guys from Brno Observatory and Planetarium started to show the first episodes of the series about night sky photography "Photon Hunters". If you are new to photography, it is definitely worth watching all the episodes.

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