Astronomy hacks

A tripod’s levelling screws are very useful. But if you want quick results, you can also make life easy for yourself with a few wedges.

You don’t really want to attack your telescope with a pipe wrench just because something has got stuck. Here, a strap wrench is the better option.

Star chart apps are a great help when observing – as long as they do not send an SMS to your phone. If they do, then your dark adaptation quickly vanishes.

Not all adjusting screws on a telescope are easy to operate when wearing gloves. But we have a tip from a heating engineer.

What if you were able to dive into a red-light world 30 minutes before you plan to start stargazing? Here’s how to speed up dark adaptation.

A telescope is no place for an optical finder if you want to observe the Sun during the day. This trick provides you with the perfect replacement.

A simple map compass with a rotating bezel as a functioning azimuth navigation system – and it’s even accurate to 1 degree! North alignment is not required.