Reviews

It's summer, am I really going to sell this thing?

Again, two topics for the price of one - plus a contest announcement!

If you own a Titan mount, you'll want to read this article...

Unless skilled at Star hopping, finding DSO's can be rather hard with a basic Dob platform. Using a modified mouse on each of the Azimuth & Elevation axis, both can be coordinated together to indicate actual pointing of your Dob in an Astronomy program such as Skyglobe.

Anyone who can afford one has an apochromatic refractor. And almost no one who has one wants to get rid of an apo. But no everyone would pic an apo over getting junior those braces he needs. Telescope designer Rick Shaffer presents some alternatives.

Are you ready to pay for something perfectly made?

Part Two: do perfect bodies look good in the dark?

Looking For A New Way To Chase Dew Away? Dew-Not Pass These Up!

Big aperture in a backseat size.

Stellarvue SV4 exceeds expectations!

Are you undecided on whether you need a laser collimator? Can't make up your mind which one is best? Well here is my take on this subject.

Can the Takahashi TOA justify its huge price diffrence over the STF Mirage 180 deluxe

Looking for a better way to clean your EP's? These are very Zeiss. Very Zeiss indeed!

Here is a project for an afternoon for those who want to take their collimation to another level. For those who dare to go where others fear to tread.

This is a narrative review of the Orion Skyview Pro 8 EQ from the beginner’s perspective. So often when telescope reviews are written, they are in a language that truly ‘amateur’ amateur astronomers can hardly hope to understand. The intent of this is to review this telescope in such a way as to allow a person who is purchasing his or her first real telescope to get a good idea of what they might be buying.