[/caption] "Friday, February 10th 2012 just felt like the perfect night for a comet to be discovered by an amateur…
Amateur astronomer Rolf Wahl Olsen from New Zealand shared an image with Universe Today, and it is perhaps the first…
[/caption] It's a great time to be an amateur astronomer! Nowadays, "backyard" astronomers armed with affordable CCD imagers, high-quality tracking mounts, inexpensive…
[/caption] When amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Australia saw a dark spot the size of the Pacific Ocean appear on…
[/caption] Amateur astronomers are a unique species worthy of their own reality TV show. Their craftsmanship, resourcefulness, dedication, and passion…
[/caption] A collage of 21-day old Moons, sketched by Galileo, (left), an image from Jane Houston Jones' telescope, center, and…
Here's another wonderful example of how amateur astronomers can make important discoveries. Three high school students from Wisconsin discovered an…