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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Apps & websites Reviews Stargazing

jamiealexcarter May 30, 2017April 13, 2020 astronomy

Five apps for stargazing from dark sky destinations

Planetarium apps show you exactly what you’re looking at in the night sky, but some are a lot more impressive

Apps & websites Phones & Tablets Reviews

jamiealexcarter April 13, 2017March 15, 2020 astronomy, stargazing

REVIEWED: Sky Safari 5 Pro app

This super stargazing app is the most detailed around, and even remotely controls GoTo telescopes

Hotels Luxury Reviews

jamiealexcarter February 10, 2017May 4, 2020 astronomy, aurora, food, iceland, Northern Lights, winter

REVIEWED: Hotel Rangá, Iceland

It may be the only four-star hotel in Southern Iceland, but there are 5,000 other stars to look up at

Phoneography Reviews Travel Photography

jamiealexcarter July 23, 2015March 15, 2020 astro-photography, astronomy, binoculars, digi-scope, finder-scope, phone, zoom

REVIEWED: Carson IS-100 Universal Hook-Upz optics adapter for smartphones

Clip-on a phone to a telescope, binoculars or a finders-cope for travel-friendly super-zoom phoneography

Canon 10 x 42L

Backpacking & Outdoors Safari

jamiealexcarter June 4, 2015June 23, 2023 astronomy, binoculars, Canon, IS, safari, stargazing

Canon 10x42L IS WP image stabilized binoculars review

The last word in rugged and judder-free binoculars are pricey but scream quality