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| Meade LightBridge 16" [User Review] | 11/12/09 | by Fred Rayworth
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| | The scope comes in three major pieces, plus the truss tubes. You have the base, the mirror cage, and upper cage. I had first guessed it would all fit in a . . . |
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| Celestron 1.25" Eyepiece and Accessory Kit [User Review] | 11/11/09 | by Tristan Schwartz
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| | he included case has a very sturdy feel to it, but I have one somewhat serious quibble. While the pre-cut foam interior includes (some) space to add additi. . . |
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| Sky-Watcher SW12 Dobsonian [User Review] | 11/11/09 | by Kevin Zoellner
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| | The azimuth bearing is a plastic wagon wheel with imbedded needle bearings sandwiched between two galvanized steel plates. You can lightly . . . |
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| Red Lamp Review [User Review] | 11/10/09 | by Carol Anderson
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| | I
have many red lights and none were really the "perfect" red light for reading my charts. I'd lay my light down, &
misplace it, when I needed it. . . |
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| Cloudy Nights Review Contest [Article] | 11/09/09 | by Mike Loffland
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| | Astronomics, Meade, and Cloudy Nights have come together to give you the chance to make your holidays a little brighter. We've joined to give away a $1499. . . |
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| The Pentax 5mm XO: A Planetary Weapon of Choice [User Review] | 11/06/09 | by William Paolini
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| | The Pentax 2.5mm and 5mm XO series of eyepieces ("O" for visual Observation) were released by Pentax for the 2003 Mars opposition event. Based on my resear. . . |
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| Baader Planetarium 36mm Hyperion-Aspheric Modular Eyepiece [CN Report] | 11/04/09 | by David Knisely
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| | Wider-field "budget" eyepieces seem to be all the rage these days. Some are not all that great in the performance department (especially in faster scopes),. . . |
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| What's Up Aquarius [Article] | 11/02/09 | by Steve Coe
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| | Aquarius is a very fun part of the sky. There are some great objects to observe and a fun variety of different types. Seeing the Water Jar asterism move up. . . |
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| The Double Cluster and Friends [Article] | 11/02/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | Of the dozens of open star clusters that dot the autumn sky, none is more popular among binocular stargazers than NGC 869 and NGC 884, the famous Double Cl. . . |
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| November Skies 2009 [Article] | 11/02/09 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Depths of Space, November Moon. . . |
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| Lab Test and First Light Report of 2" Zhumell Filter Set [User Review] | 10/30/09 | by Shekar Govindaswamy
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| | My interest in astronomy started when I was 15 and saw Haley¡¯s comet through a pair of Bushnell binos. I had always wanted to buy a telescope but growing . . . |
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| Orion 120 mm F5 Short Tube Achromatic Refractor [User Review] | 10/30/09 | by Richard Evans
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| | After owning the scope for a while, I decided to try some color deep sky imaging with it. My thought was that maybe problems caused by chromatic aberratio. . . |
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| Optec Libra Alt-Azimuth Dovetail Adjustment Plate - an Early Adopters Perspective [User Review] | 10/27/09 | by Dave Wagner
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| | Being "advanced middle age" and having two boys in school doesn't leave a LOT of free time. Sometimes learned the hard way, but more by nature, I am strong. . . |
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| Going Retro [Article] | 10/26/09 | by Jeff Blazey
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| | Last night I spent some
quality time with one pair each of old Vixen/Celestron 25MM and 17MM
Kellners in my DenkII binoviewers. . . |
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