We sat down with Jarred Donkersley, Celestron’s Assistant Marketing Manager, to discuss how anyone can get started with stargazing, why astronomy is important,and his favorite space missions. Celestron has been in business for over 50 years. How did it get started? It all started when Tom Johnson, our founder, discovered an inexpensive way to mass […]
Celestron Telescopes Q&A: Part II
We continue our conversation with Jarred Donkersley, Celestron’s Assistant Marketing Manager, to discuss how Celestron brings people together through community events, a wide array of products, and a dedication to teach people about our planet. Read part one of our interview to get a stargazing lesson. What’s the best part about working at Celestron? What makes […]
Quiz: Which Planet Are You From?
This quiz has ended. Houston, we have a problem. Do you ever feel like you came from a different planet? Well, maybe you did! In honor of World Space Week, we put together this quiz to determine which planet you are from based on your personality. Are you quiet like the moon, free-spirited like Jupiter, […]
Magic of Magnets: MOVA Globe Magnets
Do you remember how cool it was to play with magnets as a kid? From attracting metal objects, allowing us to build things, to making its presence on household items, magnets are as practical as they are magical. When we were developing MOVA Creations, we wanted to create products that could truly fascinate and mesmerize. […]
More Than Maps: A Geographical Q&A with Stacie Townsend
What does getting a degree in geography actually entail? According to Stacie Townsend, a PhD candidate in the Geography Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis, it’s a lot more varied and diverse than most people think. Stacie discusses how geography can be used to explain everything from trends in public transportation to the fictional town […]
Cartography Crusades & A New Breed of Maps: Denis Wood Q&A
Chances are you know someone who dislikes reading maps. Scales, grids, directions, legends, and all those details make it overwhelming to decipher information. Even mapmaker Denis Wood doesn’t use these things; in fact he challenges them. Maker of unconventional maps and author of several books denouncing the old rigid rules of cartography, Denis seeks instead to map things […]
Titan: Exploring Saturn’s Moon
Back in 2013, Alexander Hayes, a scientist on the Cassini Mission to Saturn, reached out to us about making a MOVA Globe version on one of Saturn’s moons, Titan, as a gift to his graduate school advisors. What started as a unique gift turned into one of our most intriguing and different MOVA Globe designs. […]
4 Lesser-Known Space Discoveries
Our universe is what you would call an “open book” – limitless possibilities, open to interpretation, and never closed to new discoveries. Our planet Earth and solar system are merely tiny, tiny blips on the radar yet many of us may not know the significance of the thousands of space discoveries ever recorded. World Space […]
World Space Week 2015 Contest
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Vesta: Not Your Average Asteroid
Just as our understanding of our universe continues to expand, so too does our MOVA Space line of products. As we’ve added celestial objects other than planets to our collection, we’ve received lots of questions about our Vesta MOVA Globe. So we went straight to the source to get you answers. We spoke to Dr. […]
Celebrating International Observe the Moon Night
When was the last night you took time to gaze at the Moon and reflect on your life, past, present or future? If your answer is “too long ago,” then today, September 19th, is the perfect excuse to get back in the moon-watching game. Each fall, International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is a celebration […]
Toying with Science: Q&A with Ross Kelly
Toys, gadgets, puzzles and gizmos – not quite the lineup of items you think of when it comes to science. However for Ross Kelly, these items are exactly the tools that he uses to teach. It started for the Boston College organic chemistry professor three decades ago, when he purchased a soccer player figurine that […]
