Reviews

Find out how this inexpensive "apo" performs.

If You Think Butter Is Smooth, You Should Try This!

Take a bite of this not-so-big Mak Attack

A primer for beginners on eyepiece selection.

Are you prepared to view through the best planetary scope you can move yourself?

William Optics 2" Diagonal Mirror

The thing that I have seen beginners struggling with is Polar Alignment. This short article is intended to allieviate your stress.

Despite the fact that it’s pretty boring, telescope designer Rick Shaffer explains the elusive exit pupil of a telescope. This is the very first installment of his new column, Wild Card.

My astronomy experience, the scope, first light, second attempt, and summary.

Have a small grab n' go scope on a manual mount? Annoyed by mount shake and shimmy? Here's a mount that may solve the problem...

Spherical Aberraton? What Spherical Aberration?

...Despite its small aperture and limited light grasp, this 2.4" provided some wonderful, high-contrast views. Using a 9mm Nagler type 6 wide-field eyepiece that generated 40x, I found the oft-observed Double Cluster in Perseus a wonderful sight...

The planets are tough. Tough to observe visually and especially tough to image. Those of you who’ve got a few Mars oppositions under your belts know what I’m talking about.

A side by side showdown between two great scopes...

Being a long time user of the Maxim software, I eagerly awaited the release of Version 4. I was not disappointed!