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Fully Loaded: The Ultimate Backyard Observatory for Stargazers

This backyard observatory lets you see more stars than ever before

By Eric Adams Posted 10.15.2009 at 9:27 pm 0 Comments

What a heavenly year for stargazers. We’ve had a spectacular solar eclipse in Asia, a clutch rescue of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the surprising crash of a comet into Jupiter—discovered, no less, by an amateur astronomer. Try the gear below to find the next marvel yourself.

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5-Minute Project Video: Peephole Fisheye Lens

By popsci Posted 08.28.2007 at 5:11 pm 5 Comments

One from the "why didn't I think of THAT" department: a fisheye lens from a standard peephole just like in your front door. You can pick up a peephole (sans door) for around $10 at most hardware stores and be shooting cool ultra-wide-angle, amusingly distorted images with your point-and-shoot digicam in the time it takes to simply tape it to your lens. Adding similar capabilities to a fancier DSLR can easily cost 50 times as much. Yay, cheapness! —John Mahoney

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5-Minute Project Video: Peephole Fisheye Lens

Use a standard peep hole and a bit of tape to shoot super-wide-angle fisheye shots with your digital point-and-shoot

Posted 08.28.2007 at 4:18 pm 0 Comments

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