Stellarvue AT1010 [User Review]  | 11/20/03 | by Robert E. Brawn No matter how well a product looks unless it performs up to its design limitations it’s of little value. I can honestly state that the little AT1010 does n. . . Light Cup saw Equatorial Cap? [Article]  | 11/17/03 | by Ron B[ee] The SPC seems brighter than last month, still white. But what is this? There appears to be a new "equatorial cap" just south of the equator at the Prec. . . Dark Sky Portable Panels [User Review]  | 11/17/03 | by Jeff Webb I recently acquired a Takahashi Mewlon 300. The open design of this scope makes it vulnerable to wind gust. I found I needed a way to block the constant Te. . . Uranometria 2000.0 Second Edition (Three Volumes) [User Review]  | 11/15/03 | by Craig Levine I received my copy of the brand-new and extensively revised star atlas Uranometria 2000.0 (Second Edition) this week, just published this month (November 2. . . 80mm Vixen Fluorite [User Review]  | 11/15/03 | by Chauveau Mathieu I did some star-testing (to which I am not used to with refractors), and it’s a total waste of time, they look just like in the books; the lenses are still. . . Tasco Model 6TE-5 50 mm Refractor [User Review]  | 11/13/03 | by Daniel W. Rickey, Ph.D. In 1969 the US had just landed two men on the moon. A whole slew of space probes had visited other planets and more were on the drawing board. Science was . . . Mak Franken II: The Creation of a Chimera* [Article]  | 11/10/03 | by Jay Moynihan This all started after I unpacked my long dormant Celestron "Super C8 Plus", only to find that its secondary mirror "special" coating had gone bad with the. . . How to Improve the C102-HD [How To]  | 11/08/03 | by Chuck Zdeb I bought my Celestron C102-HD because I wanted a moderate aperture quick-look scope. My primary scope is a TEC 8” Mak on a Losmandy G11 mount, which is a w. . . Confessions of an Eyepiece Junky [Article]  | 11/07/03 | by Ric Capucho My name is Ric, and I'm an eyepiece junky. There, I've said it now. It's a sad state of affairs when a grown man has to admit such a thing to the whole . . . The Zeiss Victory 10x40 B*T*P* AOS and the Leica Ultra Trinovid 10x42 BN [User Review]  | 11/05/03 | by Barlow Pepin I conducted a practical comparison of these two new, highly advanced, waterproof binoculars. First handling revealed that the Zeiss 10x40 Victory is almost. . . STF Mirage 7 Maksutov-Cassegrain [User Review]  | 11/02/03 | by Dominique Dierick Coating of the meniscus is very well done, blocks down reflections effectively. Looking inside the tube is like looking inside a well done APO refractor in. . . November Skies (2003) [Article]  | 11/01/03 | by Dick Cookman Since Earth increases its orbital lead over Mars from 45 days to 70 days this month, Mars dims and its apparent size decreases. Mars diminishes . . . DGM OA-6.5 (Off-axis Newtonian [User Review]  | 11/01/03 | by John Bishop Collimation is done in two steps, as described on Dan’s web site: first you adjust the primary while looking into the focuser, and then you use a defocused. . .