Telescopes
Regreasing the Giro mount
Your Giro becomes less smooth than before? Read on to see how to fix it.
Putting Together a Solid Orion 80mm ED System
Putting together my Orion 80mm ED system was an enjoyable and educational experience. Here's how I did it with some suggestions to consider and some pitfalls to avoid
TV Genesis SDF vs TV102
Can the best of yesteryear compete with the latest modern glass?
Nexstar 9.25" GPS
How does the GPS platform stack up against a Losmandy GM8. Are SCT's inferior to other scope types?
The Formidable Celestron C14
Like To Go Deep? Then Celestron C14 Might Be For You!
CI-700 Hercules
Exceeding the mount limitation.
Wild Card 001.1 “More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Eyepieces, Coma, and Astigmatism”
Fearing that there’s not enough boredom in the World today, telescope designer Rick Shaffer inflicts his theory on the cause of so many “balloon-filled telescope views” on an unsuspecting World.
Televue NP101
Is the Televue NP101 the perfect 4" APO?
Orion 80mm ED Refractor OTA
Find out how this inexpensive "apo" performs.
Review of the Burgess Optical 1278 Refractor
A solid performing telescope at a bargain price.
Mewlon 300
Are you prepared to view through the best planetary scope you can move yourself?
Orion Apex 127 Maksutov-Cassegrainian
Take a bite of this not-so-big Mak Attack
Meade 127MM ED Semi Apo Refractor
My astronomy experience, the scope, first light, second attempt, and summary.
Takahashi FS-60C Apochromatic refractor
...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...
Planetary Imaging with a Webcam and an SCT
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.
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