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The featured program at last night's monthly meeting of the Coconino Astronomical Society was a behind the scenes tour of Lowell Observatory led by Kevin...

I am living on a pension and went to stellafane this weekend. $90.00 may not seem much to the entrepreneurs at stellafane, but to me, it is the difference...

After the guy came and hauled off the "Beast", I started getting things ready for last night. First came the preping of the Stargazer scope, re-doing the...

I just got mine today. Did anybody get theirs earlier than me? g Best regards, Bill

I am in New York, will be going to a fairly dark spot. Using a Meade ETX 90. Besides the moon, can anyone suggest any particularly interesting/pleasant...

It's that time of year again for the Barnard's Star update. There is a small star very close now that makes it easy to see the motion since...

Has anyone used this combo yet? Does it match Meade or Celestron when it comes to accuracy and tracking? -Rich

I went to a telescope shop today in Tucson, and the Orion 80ED caught my eye. This was the whole rig, accessories, and a "Sky View" mount. Street price. (I...

The recent thread titled "The Beast" reminded me of a guy who used to post regularly to SAA way back in the late 90's, who's online name was "The Beast". His...

Hi to all again! Finally, after many days of processing I present my best work! New processing of Mercury, with many...

I thought I could see some, tinged red at some point but I wasn't sure because I was in a bright city area and clouds sometimes look like aurora. -Rich

I must admit, today is the first time I have ever looked at anything with a decent scope. A store in Tucson AZ had an old AP refractor, 4 or 5 (or 6?) inches,...

I'm considering getting a Meade ETX series Astro Telescope and was looking for some feedback as to which one to buy or even another mfg. The use will be for my...

I am in the market for a small refractor. I think I have reduced it to the TV Pronto package with Telepod mount deal for 1500.00, or the Tak FS60C with the...

Came across an old post from Chuck Gulker in which he stated that the best $100 he had spent on the hobby (after 15 years+) was on a Highpower Equatorial...

For now i have a EQ3-2 mount with both axis driven and a 90mm refractor. I'm just a poor student so i don't have a lot of money and i'm wondering...

Meade has added PEC for Polar mounted scopes with the new build 32Eh for Autostar 497. Anybody has tested it for LXD55? Franc

This may be old hat here but I got the word this past Saturday at the Tele Vue Day at Skies Unlimited that Tele Vue is dropping the Ranger and the Pronto...

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