I bought a Criterion Dynamax 8 at a yard sale. I don't think I paid too much for it. I need an instruction manaual and It is missing some parts for the...

Well, just on a long shot, I got up about 4am, and again about 5:45am, and went outside to try to see any stragglers in the Perseid meteor shower. Of course,...

I didn't realize the Perseids were here, until I saw a blurb on the local 11pm news. I drove to Hungry Valley (1 hr away), & got there ~1:30am. I saw...

I got a lot off motormovies online all for free come watch them on www.kawagpx.cjb.net Hilbert

Saw an ad in the paper last monday, car would make the best scope carrier I could ever have, but it's only a "Dream" car for me. I've seen it too, it's all...

It seems to me you can't escape intoxicants and scoping the skies. Either alone or in a group there will always be boozin and doping.

has anyone tried the Sylvan 6" F/5 mirrors that have been selling on ebay lately. I bought one and for a scope I'm making and was wondering if anyone else had...

I am designing a small portable observatory that will be used with a C11. The size of the observatory will be about double the size of a...

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Hi all ! Is it possible to fit 2 inches diagonal on Meade 2080 ? Thanks !

Some time back, I got into a heated argument about limiting visual magnitude with Jaakko Saloranta on sci.astro.amateur. It ended with his telling me that if I...

First this: http://www.edconrad.com/images/istherereally.jpg Then this: http://www.spacedaily.com/images/hubble-ultradeep-desk-1024.jpg Another...

Anyone know where I can get a large format Vehrenburg film holder for an 8 inch Celestron Schmidt Camera???

Hi all, Can anyone suggest some newer books or websites to get me started using the above mentioned camera for astrophotography? Mailing lists and other...

With nothing but reruns, I've gone to the corner every night, it's better watching the cars and people than watching the boobtube. Wensday night was very...

Widefield images that include a prism before the camera lens throw-up many stars 'different' from the norm are posted at ...

Last night at approx. 11:58 pacific time, while watching meteors from my backyard in northwest Washinton state, I saw three faint (magnitude 5 or so) objects...

I have only bought and used the Celestron lens pen. At least that was the name on there =) I know there are several different companies that make & sell them....

my boss just got a power seeker as decoration in his office and to start astronomy (mostly the former). he knows I like astronomy and wants to talk to me about...

The following excerpt is taken from "Pleiades Mythology," and you can go to http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html to get...