Here is the kind of instructions I needed to operate the GP mount. http://www.newastro.com/wodaski/review_GP_DX.htm#align

Anyone know anything about their eyepieces? They don't seem to get too much attention and I was wondering if there was a reason for that. Thanks, Mike.

Hi, I would like to have suggestions as to what is the best I can buy with that money. I don't have a specic use planed, but looking for a versatile...

The Orange County Astronomers held their annual Star-B-Que at the OCA Anza observing site on Saturday, July 17. The food was great, but a fire in the Lake...

Good Day. After reading the good reviews of the Orion ED80 apochromatic in S&T lately I decided I would like one for my retirement gift from my university...

This is a good addition to the transparency forecast and clear sky clock. http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/images/cld_reg_ps_wcan2_018.jpg

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~22097~2277328,00.html Wayne Hoffman 33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W "Don't Look...

I'm thinking to try out a binoviewer in my Ultima 8. From time to time a good price can be had on the Celestron model. I'm also interested in a SAFIX once I...

Hi There, I've started to get the following error message and the seti program wont run. Unknown Fatal Error : 1 The program then quits and the systray icon...

I am currently in the market for a telescope. I prefer a reflector type over refractor mainly for cost reasons, but the reflector market seems huge, when I...

any body know the Conjunction is in Northfield tomorrow

Last night was pathetic. Mag 4 ( and maybe even 3.5). After being treated to Mag 6 (100 X's brighter stars ergo MORE) for 2 nights and it being ages since I...

Yesterday a new brush fire down near L.A. got going and it's smoke filled the Desert skys and in late afternoon I was thinking I'd not be able to set up. But I...

I need to repair my altitude adjustment and take that portion apart on my GP mount. How do I that?

Any comments about the Intelliscope and it's usability? I'm not fooled by its marketing copy: Press the button labeled "Messier" ... select M51 ......

I have been using a TEC 140 refractor on a G-11 mount. I'm thinking of switching to a Giro alt-az mount with a Dob Driver II (DD2) as a lighter weight...

Hello group: My understanding is that it's possible to create a virtual image of an artificial star to make the star appear small enough to be used at...

Hi all, Yesterday I shot some images of the Sun with the Coolpix 4500 and the new Baader Continuum filter combined with a homemade filter cell using...

Although discovered 3 months ago this nova finally cleared my neighbour's willow tree to be recorded after midnight very low on southern meridian with image...

Is there any online tutorial that give a good explanation on how you can work with a eq mount? I just bought a refractor 90mm with a eq3-2 mount and i would...