Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, say, the ...

After Welsh amateur astronomer Isaac Roberts retired from his career in engineering and manufacturing, he devoted his life to imaging the heavens. Using a 20-inch reflector with a 7-inch refractor ...

A successful builder by day and traversing the sky by night, Isaac Roberts took the first clear photograph of Andromeda, the closest galaxy to our Milky Way. Mr Roberts, born in 1829 and the son of a ...

Isaac E. Roberts, 94, of Mountain Top, entered into eternal rest on Monday, June 15, 2009, at Hospice Community Care of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plymouth on January 23, 1915, he was a son ...

THERE is one class of scientific amateurs which seems to be the peculiar product of English society. Dealing with astronomy alone, and confining our attention to those who have passed away, we have ...

MR. ISAAC ROBERTS ON LONG-EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHS. —In the current number of Knowledge, Mr. Isaac Roberts describes a beautiful photograph of Orion, taken by him with an exposure of seven hours ...