Stars In The Universe

Stargazing is for everybody. It’s for people who like seeing themselves as part of a bigger picture … people with a sense of wonder … and people who just like being outside at night. Maybe that’s you. If so – and if you’re a beginner – here are some tips to help you get started.

EarthSky's top 10 tips for super stargazers | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky Here are 10 simple tips that can help you connect with the night sky, and have fun.

We are familiar with the idea that the twinkling pinpricks of light in the sky are stars, like our own Sun. That sometimes misleads us into thinking that all those stars are the same. In fact, there are many types of stars, and we can see most of these in the night sky, explains Dr Elizabeth Stanway from Warwick’s astronomy and astrophysics research team.

Exploring the stars: Six star types you should know about The key things we use to star types apart are brightness and colour. Brightness is hard to judge unless we know how far away something is. Colour is easier and you can see it for yourself using telescopes, binoculars, or just a cardboard tube to block out the stray light and help you focus on the st...