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Explore Scientific strives to provide high quality optics to the astronomy, science and outdoor products arenas.
Explore Scientific, offers factory direct, high-quality astronomical instruments designed and manufactured in our own facilities in Guangzhou and Kunming China.
06/14/2026
It’s time to play… GUESS THAT ASTERISM!
CLUE 1: It contains six second-magnitude stars, the brightest of which is Alioth.
CLUE 2: It is an essential pattern to know when star hopping.
CLUE 3: It is featured on a U.S. state’s flag.
Do you know which star pattern you’re looking at? Comment below and check back tomorrow for the reveal!
06/13/2026
Some 1,300 light-years away a celestial beauty blooms in the Cepheus constellation. Illuminated by a powerful combination of cosmic dust and starlight, the Iris Nebula is a stunning reflection nebula stretching 6 light-years across. Also known as NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4, the nebula has a signature blue hue thanks to the binary star system HD 200775, which consists of two young blue-white stars.
Northern Hemisphere observers can find the Iris Nebula very close to one of the Cepheus constellation’s defining stars — Beta Cephei, which is a triple star system also known as Alfirk.
📷 Astrophotographer: Brian Brennan
🔭 Telescope: Explore Scientific Essential Series ED102 Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor
06/12/2026
There are so many ways to connect with the cosmos!
Welcome back to the Explore Scientific 📹 🔐 Video Vault Series — where we dive into our favorite products, tips, and hidden gems to help you explore more!
🔭 Today we’re featuring a classic from the National Geographic line-up — the 114mm reflector with an equatorial mount!
This telescope’s generous aperture is great for lunar, planetary and deep sky targets, and the equatorial mount matches the Earth’s rotation for more accurate manual tracking of objects as they move across the night sky.
💻 Click to learn more: explorescientific.com/products/national-geographic-ng114mm-newtonian-telescope-w-equatorial-mount
06/10/2026
Have you ever seen anything more stunning?
This total lunar eclipse turned our moon into a glowing ember in the sky! Drop a 🌕 if this took your breath away!
📷 Astrophotographer: Robert Brown
🔭 Telescope: Explore Scientific ED127 Air-spaced Triplet Refractor
For thousands of generations, human beings have stood beneath the night sky and wondered. Long before we understood what stars truly were, they were already speaking to us—guiding explorers, marking the seasons, inspiring stories, science, and our search to understand our place in the universe. The stars have always been sending signals. We simply had to learn how to listen.
Tonight our hosts welcome you to the 178th Global Star Party: Signals From the Stars, where we celebrate the many ways the universe communicates with us. Every photon of ancient light that enters our eyes or reaches our telescopes carries a story—a message traveling across years, millions, or even billions of years through space and time. That light reveals how stars are born, how they live and die, and how the elements that make up our world, and even ourselves, were created among the stars.
Learn more about our presenters at: explorescientific.com/gsp178
Big clarity. Small footprint.
🔍 The Alpen MagnaView 8x25 is this week's featured pick — and whether you're in the stands, on the trail, or stargazing between halves, these compact binos punch way above their size. Grab yours before the sale ends: explorescientific.com/collections/match-day-sale
06/09/2026
The stars have always been speaking to us — through light, energy, motion, and time itself. Every photon that reaches our eyes carries a message from across the universe, telling the story of where we came from and helping us understand our place among the stars.
Join us tonight, June 9th at 6:00 p.m. Central, for the 178th Global Star Party — “Signals From the Stars.”
Together with astronomers, explorers, and curious minds from around the world, we will celebrate the incredible ways the universe communicates with us and how we continue learning to listen.
The universe is calling. Look up, and join the journey.
Global Star Party 178: Signals From the Stars
June 9th | 6:00 p.m. Central
www.explorescientific.com/gsp178
06/08/2026
Here's a quick peek into what’s happening in the sky this week! Comment what you're hoping to observe!
Happy Birthday to Scott Roberts 🎂
The inspiring founders and president of Explore Scientific 🌌
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