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| 39 Reasons Astronomy is Better Than the Popular Culture
[Article] | 07/10/10 | by Mike Brake
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| | If you’re like me, you turn off the TV when skies are clear, avoid the Saturday night movie and read Astronomy or Sky and Telescope instead of People. As a. . . |
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| A New Simple Layout For A Large Refractive Astronomical Binocular
[Article] | 06/18/10 | by Bill Zmek
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| | As we all know, the main layout problem to solve for binoculars having objectives larger in diameter than the observer’s interpupillary spacing is how to b. . . |
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| A Night At The Hingol National Park
[Article] | 08/07/10 | by Zain Ahmed
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| | We call our dark sky trips Rutjugas. This is the transliteration of the Urdu word for "staying awake at night". Now, May didn't seem like the ideal time fo. . . |
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| A Portable Observatory
[Article] | 06/30/10 | by Jon Risch
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| | I live in woods so my set-up needs to be several hundred feet from the house to see much unobstructed sky. The plan was to build a complete and self contai. . . |
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| A Simple And Stable Alt-Az Mount For Short, Lightweight Refractors
[Article] | 07/11/10 | by Ed De Mateo
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| | The mount and tripod exceeded my expectations. It is great for small scopes under three pounds weight, such as an Orion ST80, Celestron Travel Scope, etc. . . . |
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| A Simple Compact Portable Power Pack
[Article] | 08/06/10 | by Jim McAfee
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| | My travel to Easter Island to photograph the July 2010 total eclipse prompted me to assemble a compact light weight battery pack to power my AstroTrac TT32. . . |
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| ALCON 2010: Astronomical League Convention and Expo, International Dark-Sky Association Annual General Meeting
[Article] | 07/25/10 | by Thomas Watson
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| | Once a year, The Reflector is dominated by news of the most recent Astronomical League convention, ALCON. The 2010 rendition of ALCON was held here . . . |
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| Astro Book Drive: Ghana Book Drive – Cornell EPO helps Ghana Science Project
[Article] | 07/19/10 | by Thilina Heenatigala
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| | In 2008 "Ghana Science Project" built the
first public planetarium in Accra, the only digital planetarium in West, East or Central Africa. The plan. . . |
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| AstroBookDrive report: Tanzania Book Drive, June 2010
[Article] | 07/07/10 | by Thilina Heenatigala
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| | UNAWE-Tanzania wishes to thank Greater Portland Astronomical
Society, Southworth Planetarium and everyone who helped for the
material donation and shippi. . . |
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| August Skies 2010
[Article] | 08/01/10 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Moonless Perseids, August Moon
Focus Constellations: Ursa Major, Bootes, Hercules, Ophiuchus,. . . |
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| Binocular Universe: A Pair of Stingingly Beautiful Clusters
[Article] | 07/01/10 | by Phil Harrington
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| | Scorpius, the Scorpion, is one of those rare constellations that actually looks like what it is supposed to represent. Most stargazers find it easy to imag. . . |
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| Binocular Universe: Sly Fox (September 2010)
[Article] | 09/03/10 | by Phil Harrington
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| | Here are a few gems I bumped into along the way as I viewed the tiny constellation of Vulpecula the Fox. Vulpecula is a faint summertime constellation wed. . . |
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| Binocular Universe: Surfing Serpens
[Article] | 08/01/10 | by Phil Harrington
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| | Serpens the Serpent has the unique distinction of being the sky’s only constellation that is sliced in half by a second star group, the constellation Ophiu. . . |
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| Collimating the Newtonian with the South Cave Collimator
[Article] | 07/08/10 | by Peter Clark
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| | Correcting or aligning Newtonian telescopes is said to have become more difficult as focal lengths and ratios have shortened and enhanced optics appeared. . . . |
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| Fanning the spark into a flame
[Article] | 06/22/10 | by Steve Fisher
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| | I saw a spark in some kindling in an eight year old boy, by spending some time with him and his family I was able to fan that spark in to a flame. Not just. . . |
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| Fix Problems in a CG4 Equatorial Mount
[How To] | 07/25/10 | by Ian Thompson
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| | Last year I procured a pre-owned CELESTRON C102 HD refractor on a CG4 GEM mount. Previously, the mount had seen considerable use and neglect, and was suffe. . . |
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| Home made Binoviewer
[Article] | 06/21/10 | by Frank Skeen
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| | I enjoy using this homemade unit, it is much easier for my eyes and my family and friends. It's really great on most objects I have looked at with them.. . . |
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| Inexpensive 2” housing for 1.25” eyepieces with SurPlus Shed Item L3890D
[How To] | 06/17/10 | by Jack Thomas
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| | Here's a way to inexpensively and semi-permanently house 1¼” eyepieces in two inch housings that can be sourced from Surplus Shed.. . . |
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| International Observe the Moon Night: Call to Action!
[Article] | 08/19/10 | by Thilina Heenatigala
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| | International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) - September 18, 2010 - follows NASA's first celebration of the historic 2009 missions as part of the Internati. . . |
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| It’s what you can’t see that counts
[Article] | 06/17/10 | by Tom Benjamin
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| | This article is about a most important but overlooked instrument in astronomy: perspective. We use perspective all the time. Our binocular vision is an exa. . . |
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| July Skies 2010
[Article] | 07/01/10 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Aphelion, July Moon. Focus Constellations: Ursa Major, Bootes, Hercules, Ophiuchus, A. . . |
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| NEAF - 2010 Alex Filipenko Part 2
[Article] | 08/18/10 | by Mike Loffland
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| | Alex finishes his lecture on Supernovae.. . . |
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| NEAF - 2010 Chris Lintott Galaxy Zoo
[Article] | 08/19/10 | by Mike Loffland
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| | Chris Lintott lectures on Galaxy Zoo.. . . |
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| NEAF - 2010 Meteorite Men Part 1
[Article] | 09/05/10 | by Mike Loffland
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| | Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold share their show from the Discovery Science channel "Meteorite Men".. . . |
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| NEAF 2010 - Alex Filipenko Part 1
[Article] | 08/18/10 | by Mike Loffland
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| | Alex Filipenko from Discovery Science channel gives a lecture on Supernovae.. . . |
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| NEAF 2010 - Interview With Attilla Danko
[Article] | 08/05/10 | by Mike Loffland
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| | Video transcript of the NEAF 2010 Interview With Attilla Danko. . . |
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| Notes on a Homebuilt 16" Newtonian
[Article] | 07/10/10 | by John Nassr
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| | In March 2008 I decided that I would never be content with the image
spot sizes and optical idiosyncrasies of my old C-14 telescope and
finally embarke. . . |
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| Obsession 25” f/5 – Rebuilding a Classic
[Article] | 07/08/10 | by Dave Bonandrini
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| | Two years ago, the scope in this article was picked up new from
Obsession. The owner loves it, but wanted to be able to assemble it by
himself without ca. . . |
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| September Skies 2010
[Article] | 09/04/10 | by Dick Cookman
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| Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Meteor Showers, Planet Plotting, Autumnal Equinox, September Harvest Moon
Focus Constellations: Ursa Majo. . . |
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| Short notes on Asymmetric Binocular Telescopes
[How To] | 06/19/10 | by Alex Choy
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| | The refractive binocular telescopes brings a different dimension of enjoyment to star observing due to its great image clarity and contrast. The asymmetric. . . |
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| The Lap Scope
[Article] | 06/24/10 | by Douglas Bullis
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| | Admittedly, the final configuration resembles a snowmobile with training skis, but right-arm cradle or left-arm grasp, there’s not a single thing in the sk. . . |
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| Tour of Starlight Instruments
[Article] | 08/18/10 | by Darren Drake
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| | It was sometime back in the mid nineties that members of my
astronomy club called the Northwest Suburban Astronomers first started acquiring a fancy new t. . . |
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| What's Up Sagittarius (2)
[Article] | 09/04/10 | by Steve Coe
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| | This area of the sky is the marker for me that summer has really started. Once the center of the Milky Way is above the horizon, there is much to see and d. . . |
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| What’s Up Hercules (2)
[Article] | 07/15/10 | by Steve Coe
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| | It would seem that this area of the sky has been a mythological strong man for many centuries. To us it is Hercules, the beloved of Hera (Queen of the Gree. . . |
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| Why do we all do what we all do?
[Article] | 06/23/10 | by Ragold Wenz
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| | About to set off for just another night of these stunning views of Mars, Saturn and the rest of it, the telescope cooling down to outside temperatures in t. . . |
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| Wish John Dobson a happy 95
[Article] | 08/07/10 | by Thilina Heenatigala
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| | On September 14 2010, John is turning 95 and here's your chance to send birthday wishes to him!. . . |
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| Zhumell 12" Dobsonian Altitude Bearing Modification
[How To] | 07/27/10 | by Andrew De Luca
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| | The tube still moves like butter but now the bearing clutch grabs and holds. The tube stays erect when applying pressure or moving the scope out of the gar. . . |
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