Anyone ever used a hair dryer on their mirror after cleaning it to dry up the little bit of excess water stains that remain after rinsing? I was just thinking...

Hi there - has anyone heard anything about this puppy or taken some looks through it?? It weighs almost 2 x the NP 127 but with 4" focuser (F 7.7 ) I have no...

Space Weather News for August 30, 2003 http://spaceweather.com MARS: Today (Aug. 30th) Mars is at perihelion, the end of its lopsided orbit closest to the sun...

I put a copy of the Hubble dual image of Mars on my website if anyone is having trouble getting into the real Hubble site as i...

Got my first look in the Uk about 03:00 last night, where has the summer gone?

My girlfriend and I want pack up the car, including the new Teleport, and head out west (from the east coast) for a few weeks in September to get away from it...

The seeing has be somewhat improved the last two night in northern Arizona, with extended moments of very steady seeing producing nicely detailed views in my...

Hello folks, I have my Meade ETX90 telescope for a few years since I bought it at JCPenney catalogue with my 10% discount coupon. Recently I saw Mars...

Dan McShane and I got together last night and did a Mars viewing with my 6.5 ATS OA and his 92mm Prototype OA. Once again his prototype really was impressive...

You guys are gonna love this: NEW DELHI (AFP) - While Indian authorities blamed Islamic militants for car bombings in Bombay that killed 52 people,...

....that makes people crazy? I've been a follower of sci.astro.amateur for the past year, and I've posted a bit. I *love* astronomy and telescopes. I...

Hi. Just before or shortly after midnight I saw something in Cepheus that really got me excited. I was veiwing Mars and having a terrible time of it as it...

Hi Doug (and anybody else that has one of these scopes), Now that you've had it a while, what else have you noticed? Specifically, how does it do on the...

Does anyone here know of people who have 1000's of dollars worth of scopes and have emphatically said they "don't give a **** about Mars!" I do...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Questar/ Ugh! That is by far the most butt-ugly scope I have ever seen!

Why would anybody want to do that? You will lose too much of the light and thus need a much bigger scope to see something visible to the naked eye. Either...

John La Grou wrote: My SCT has a native 1.25" eyepiece size. Are there any optical or ergonomic benefits of using a 1.25" to 2.00" adaptor? Other than ...

Hi JD, If this was all you done, then no, there's no way you could've removed any coatings from the corrector plate. What your probably seeing is a film. ...

Does anyone have experience with Meade's CAT (Computer Aided Telescope) accessory from the early 90's? It is a computerized digital setting circle device with...

Is there one made, or can someone suggest a good 3x barlow? Thanks....