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| February 2012 Skies
[Article] | 02/04/12 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Meteor Showers, Fat Tuesday, Leap Day, Planet Plotting, February Moon. Focus Constellations: Cassiopeia, Cepheu. . . |
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| Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
[User Review] | 01/16/12 | by Ray Sanders
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| | In Summary, the Orion XT8 is a great mid-range telescope which balances price and performance quite well. Despite Orion classifying this telescope as an “I. . . |
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| C6-SGT Review
[User Review] | 01/16/12 | by Haseeb Modi
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| | As long as newcomers to astrophotography learn to understand the limitations of this basic set-up and are prepared to undertake this journey, the adventure. . . |
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| Book Review: The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects: Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters,Nebulae and Galaxies
[User Review] | 01/13/12 | by Paul Lawler
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| | This is a book that doesn’t just come along once in a lifetime or once in a century, but once in two centuries. To my knowledge, not since William Hershel . . . |
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| ATN Aries MK 390 Paladin Night Vision Rifle Scope Review
[User Review] | 01/12/12 | by Ed Moreno
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| | In summary, understanding that this is a rifle scope and accepting that because of this it might be bigger and heavier than the average person might desire. . . |
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| Book Review: Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet (4th edition)
[User Review] | 01/12/12 | by Michael Coren
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| | All in all, this book does a good job at what it sets out to do. The formulas and algorithms are presented clearly and with an appropriate level of detail,. . . |
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| Black Beauty - Introducing the Skylight f/15m
[User Review] | 01/10/12 | by Neil English
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| | It produces textbook diffraction patterns that are seldom seen in larger telescopes, even of high quality. And there are literally hundreds of targets that. . . |
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| Review: The Parks 50mm Plossl 2" Eyepiece vs. the Antares 52mm Erfle 2" Eyepiece
[User Review] | 01/10/12 | by Don French
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| | I chose the Antares 52mm for its wider views and ease of use. I really wanted a Japanese version of a long focal length eyepiece, but the images won me to . . . |
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| THE KAGUYA LUNAR ATLAS: The Moon in High Resolution
[User Review] | 01/08/12 | by Thomas Watson
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| | The book presents a collection of 100 high definition images from the Kayuga mission. Each image includes a lengthy caption – presumably written by Prof. W. . . |
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| January 2012 Skies
[Article] | 01/08/12 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Meteor Showers, Perihelion, Planet Plotting, January Moon. Focus Constellations: Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Draco, Ur. . . |
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