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Join Maria Mitchell Association's professional astronomers for an impressive tour of Nantucket’s night sky. Our staff will assist and answer questions while you view celestial wonders through up to three different telescopes.

Newtonian telescopes are simple in design and easy to construct, however, they do have some drawbacks. This quick guide to "What is a Newtonian telescope?"

A scene captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro from the Portuguese village of Campinho in the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve shows a partially eclipsed moon, Mars and the Milky Way with a flare from the Formosat-2 satellite. The bright planet Jupiter is also visible on the right edge. [Full Story: Satellite Flare Photobombs a Lunar Eclipse Under the Milky Way (Photo)]

Appreciate the wonders of our night sky in this online course taught by an award-winning astronomer on the fundamentals of stargazing

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The astronomers of times past gave us direction to discover more about the dances of the planets and the nature of the stars.

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