I haven't done any official research, but my guess is amateur astronomy buffs spend most of their astronomy time in their backyards. Home-based astronomy is great because it's "right there." It's easy to set up your telescope and view the…
Winter is a wonderful time of year for viewing. Winter brings air with low absolute humidity and great deep space targets. If you're into astrophotography, the colder temps will help keep the noise down in long exposures of your digital camera. Th…