I am not an astronomer, amateur or otherwise. But I am hoping that one of you can help me solve a little puzzle. I am trying to locate the precise location...

I am fortunate enough to have an LX200 10" and a wife who *mostly* supports my use of it. By *mostly* I mean she lets me use it virtually whenever I wish but...

While checking out Machholz sometime near 05:00 UT (local midnight), I observed a meteor like object heading south into the trees through Eridanus. It achieved...

The only comparison I've seen of these was on the Moon, and the Meade (to my surprise) produced the better image by far. Has anyone been able to really...

While scanning magazine covers at a local newsstand yesterday, my eyes came to rest on this featured cover story at the top of Discovery magazine: "How to...

A historical note - next week marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Alabama of the Hodges meteorite, so named after its victim - who was for many years...

Hi all, I finally received the upgrade kit for my Titan mount. It all looks quite promising. Included was a pair of SS worm blocks, a pair of SS worm...

Hi all, What's the recommended place to fit a heater strip on an SCT? I've seen them fitted to the OTA behind the corrector ring, and also on the ring...

A friend wanting to give his almost-12 year old son a scope for Christmas asked my advice, knowing I was geeky about such things. He stopped my "don't buy a...

I have an recently purchased an Orion SkyQuest IntelliScope XT8. This is an 8 inch Dobsonian with an effective 'push to' computer guidance facility. I am very...

Dear friends, I am proud to announce a real H-bomb in the field of apochromats manufacturing. The technology we developed willo allow us to begin really...

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I'm looking for a couple of the metal rings that hold 1.25" filters for a fine-focuser I'd like to try to build. I don't want the glass just the threaded...

Hi again, I bought the Edmonds 4.25" f10 reflector I found in the pawn shop today. Man is that mount heavy and yet smallish. The clock drive runs but I am not...

Funny thing; Remember when (it's still going on, actually) someone would buy a goto scope and you'd realize they know nothing about the sky or much about...

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Does the newest offering from AP (the 160 EDF) represent the bargain that AP refractors have traditionally held? Historically AP scopes have sold at relative...

Looking for an eyepiece in the 16-22mm range for an Astroscan, to be used with eye glasses. It should be fairly small in size and have 20mm eye relief. The...

I think some sort of marker or monument should be erected at any public place from which a comet discovery was made. For example, the place at which Vance...

Considering a set of the 10 x 60 or 12 x 60 binocs w/ nebula filters as a backup/adjunct to my Canons. Anyone know what the true and apparent FOV of these...