Blog - Explore Scientific

Okie-Tex in Kenton, OK. OMG! Amazing night skies once again! This year, we fought some wind as well as a day and evening of rain, but when it was clear, it was incredible. If you are looking for DARK skies, look no...

POSTPONED UNTIL SUMMER 2018. Product giveaways and hunting seminars. Big Game Bow Hunting expert and Advocate for Women Hunters, Helen Butt will be giving a seminar at Explore Scientific at 1010 S. 48th Street in Springdale, AR. 10:00 a.m. - 10:00...

After thoughtful consideration, we have decided to pass on this event this year.  Burning Man! in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. They have an astronomy village and this will remain on our bucket list!  Seriously, I'm really upset. NOT! I so wanted to go frolic...

ALCON National Convention in Casper WY. All we can say is OMG!!!! What a week and what an ECLIPSE!!! The Corona during the Total Eclipse! If you were anywhere near one of the hot spots for the Eclipse, you probably experienced some HEAVY...

StarFest Canada: I've been to this event maybe 5 times over the past 7-8 years. The weather was a bit unpredictable this year. We had forecasts that didn't come true and weather that was mostly cloudy the entire time. Tuesday night was...

June 21-25: Golden State Star Party: in Aden CA. WOW! The best weather in the last 5 years. Not hardly a cloud in the sky for 5 nights. Amazingly dark and transparent. Here's a quick time-lapse taken during this year's Golden State Star Party just to prove...

Yerkes Observatory - Explore Scientific Demo Days: We had some crappy weather the first couple of days - a cloudy and rainy Friday, a nice sunny Saturday but a cloudy Saturday night. Sunday was nice after a brief shower BUT Sunday night...

While doing our Demo Days over Memorial Day weekend, we had our share of wet weather. It's a good thing we had Explore Sceintific eyepieces in hand.