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| The Astronomer Looks at 55
[Article] | 07/22/08 | by Rod Mollise
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| | There is little doubt in my formerly military mind that amateur astronomy may have skewed a little younger back in ‘65. Why do I think that? The Space Race. . . |
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| Celestron Ultima 2000
[User Review] | 07/21/08 | by Nicholas Seiflow
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| | A Forgotten SCT : Re-Use, Recycle, and Re-view. .. . . |
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| Meade 8" LightBridge
[User Review] | 07/17/08 | by Brian Waddinton
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| | The telescope arrived in good alignment . With the standard knobs
adjustment
of the primary was easy and quick using the team technique . . . |
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| First Look: Obsession 15" UC
[CN Report] | 07/16/08 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom gets a sneak peek at the 15" Obsession UC (now with video).... . . |
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| The Good Tasco
[Article] | 07/14/08 | by Rod Mollise
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| | The good Tasco? Ain’t that what the bright boys call an "oxymoron?" Wouldn’t you need to be a moron o’ some kind to call one o’ them stinkin’ Tasco, TRASHC. . . |
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| 24mm 68-deg Eyepiece Shootout
[User Review] | 07/11/08 | by Collin Smith
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| | Three nights under the stars with the Bill Paolini's 24mm Hyperion, my Meade 5000 24mm SWA, and Don Fritz 24mm Panoptic. . . |
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| Telescope Anxiety
[Article] | 07/10/08 | by Rod Mollise
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| | Brothers and sisters, telescope anxiety is abroad in our land. Telescope company anxiety, that is, and us Schmidt Cassegrain fanciers, us bubbas and. . . |
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| What's Up Ursa Minor
[Article] | 07/09/08 | by Steve Coe
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| | Anyone who has owned an equatorial mount in the Northern
hemisphere has learned about the position of Ursa Minor in the sky. . . |
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| July Skies (2008)
[Article] | 07/07/08 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Noctilucent Clouds, July Moon. . . |
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| First Look: Tele Vue 8mm Ethos
[CN Report] | 07/02/08 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Does the 8mm live up to the lofty reputation of it's big brother?. . . |
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| The Trouble with the Magazines
[Article] | 06/30/08 | by Rod Mollise
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| | If you’re an American amateur astronomer, you won’t have to ask what I am talkin’ about when I say "the magazines." You know I mean. . . |
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| Tech2000 "Quick-Draw" Portable Pier
[User Review] | 06/30/08 | by David A. Novoselsky
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| | For those of you who recall my scribbling from before, I am not a fan of GEM mounts, prefer alt-az for my visual observing. . . |
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| Solarscope SF70 H-Alpha Filter
[User Review] | 06/27/08 | by Jeff Young
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| | For years I've been primarily a deep-sky observer, with a recent interest in at-the-eyepiece sketching.. . . |
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| Is There Cheap and Good?
[Article] | 06/23/08 | by Rod Mollise
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| | What is a good eyepiece? I could go on and on all day jawboning that—within the limits of my paltry optical knowledge.. . . |
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