Astronomy Know How - Helping You See the Night Sky Astronomy Know How - Helping You See the Night Sky




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Discover Astronomy The Easy Way With Ninian
Lecturer, Teacher and regular contributor to the BBC Sky at Night Magazine



Feel free to roam the site and and discover a wealth of information for astronomers of all ages and abilities, and if you can't find what you want here then contact us and if we can help or add a new page then we will..

Now You Can....
Find out about our local star and discover what can be seen as we look at the sun in Hydrogen Alpha
 Add your astronomy images to our gallery, or have a look at the images already there...
Find out about the sun Add your pictures or visit the astronomy images gallery


Or you can watch...
Watch Ninian on a recent TV show as he tells you all about his passion for astronomy and shows you how to set up a telescope. Ninian will show you in this video how to use the Setting Circles on your Equatorially Mounted Telescope

Watch Ninian Ninian Demonstrating Setting Circles        Launch Windows Media Player and Play Video


Starting Out
Ninian with his Evening Class at South Downs Planetarium in Chichester If you are just starting out with your telescope then Ninian's course Basic Astronomy with a Telescope is just what you need! From setting up your telescope and how to polar align it, to finding things in the night sky and what accessories to use, this information packed course will save you time and money! If you live near Chichester then you could come along to the evening class but if you can't make it then you can do it online!

Even Sir Patrick Moore said he wished he had this course when he first started out in astronomy.

Basic Astronomy with a Telesope online course      Basic Astronomy with a Telesope evening class

Join Ninian on YouTube as he explains how the night sky changes with the seasons and your location


Ebooks
To help you make sense of various items of equipment Ninian has either written or co-authored these eBooks...
Stun your friends as you take amazing pictures of the night sky Get to grips with your Meade ETX Telescope

Find out about the sun Find out about the sun


Ninian Recommends...
From the UK From the USA


Astronomical kit
Building an Observatory  
Ninian's Observatory If you want some impartial advice on buying equipment or perhaps you are having troubles and would like some help with your existing kit, then Ninian would be pleased to help - you can email him


Ninian in his observatory

Ninian is available to coach individuals or small groups



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"The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters."
Galileo Galilei


Ninian giving a talk

Ninian giving a talk to members of a club



"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer."
Brian May




"In February 1962, New York police reported a sudden drop in telephone calls on the day that the astronaut John Glenn first orbited the Earth. Even crime stood still."
Alistair Cooke