It's a good week for our visual observers, with some great new articles and reviews just for you.

For the beginners, Faith Jordan (new to IceInSpace but not new to astronomy) has written a fantastic article about how to get into Deep Sky Observing. It's got some great tips and advice for those just starting out.

So You Want to do Deep Sky Observing?

If you've got a good pair of binoculars and are up for a challenge, compare your viewing experiences with Faith Jordan's successes and failures trying to observe the Messier list.

Finding the Messier Objects with Binoculars - Successes and Failures

And for those with a case of Aperture Fever - for that are looking to upgrade from their 8" or 10" telescope, check out Rick Petrie's thorough review of the Orion XX14i Intelliscope Truss Tube Dobsonian. It looks like a fantastic scope if you're ready to take that next step up in aperture.

Orion XX14i Intelliscope Truss Tube Dobsonian

Thanks to Rick and Faith for their fantastic contributions to the growing IceInSpace knowledge base of articles and reviews.

If you'd like to contribute a review or article, we're always happy to have your submissions. You don't need to be an expert writer, or an expert in astronomy. You just need to be willing to share your experiences and thoughts, which will in turn help out others going through the same thing.

To contribute an article or review, get in touch via our Write for IceInSpace page which has some general tips and guidelines.

I look forward to hearing from you!