Reviews

So many people say they would just like to learn the constellations. Here is a great handbook to do just that - and learn italian at the same time :-)

Unlike most monoculars, this one is not a refractor, but a Maksutov Gregorian reflector!

Do you like laying on the ground to look through your scope?

A little History and a discussion of Deep Space Phenomena and Scientific Classification By Norm Sperling. Excerpted with permission from his book “What Your Astronomy Textbook Won’t Tell You” copyright (c) 2002

How to avoid new-telescope frustrations and disappointment

I never have to worry about Solar Minimum again... Teaching Astronomy in the daytime just got real fun and real easy, even when teaching teenagers!

Grab-and-go on a budget.

Intersted in using your DSLR for astrophotography? Here are some useful hints to start you off.

So you want to remote your telescope?

The only way you're going to get more BANG for your buck is if you drop it.

Banished to Hawaii for a fortnight, our intrepid Author finds solace with his TV-85--and observes more than stars.

To calculate an eyepiece's true field of view you need to know the diameter of its field stop, but most manufacturer's don't furnish that specification. Here's how to use the drift test method instead.

Tired of lying on the ground to look through your refractor?

What does your Old Uncle Rod think of the Bargain Basement Burgess Binoviewer (it's Alliteration Day)?

Just after I figured out how to get my SBIG STV camera working they come out with this.