Hi, I am a newbie to telescope making. Although I have taken a course on the subject (hands-on). I didn't complete my project, due to circumstances. I am...

Has anyone here ever taken apart the Meade 7-inch Mak to remove the lead weight behind the mirror? Does anyone know of a schematic or even a simple drawing...

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http://xoomer.virgilio.it/danilo_pivato/ Regards Danilo Pivato

I have several lots of Sky and Telescope up for bid on ebay, including one lot of 5 which contains Vol 1, No 1. I'll be posting some more in the days to come....

I ordered a 6" refractor from OPT (Oceanside) on Wednesday, from Craig, apparantly the owner. I have ,as of this post, not received any documentation from...

Stargazing from the desert north of Desert Center (Calif) last night = (7-May)=20 i spotted comet Tempel with my Tele Vue 76. Small and quite faint with...

A commercial photographer from Australia said that NASA uses interpolation techniques to enlarge images they produce, on the order of 1600% sometimes. Is this...

FYI. Hi, For those searching for a trace of the famous "Weather Picture Of the Day" website it doesn't exist anymore but the domain is still valid. It has...

With the national weather pattern this year being cooler and more cloudy than usual, I have taken more of an interest in when clear air holes between storm...

Today the sky is mostly clear and the wind is very light, so I've taken out SG4 and did some cleaning and will be loading up the Radio Flyer Wagon, taken my...

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Any help or comments on this appreciated. I'm thinking of modifying my GS 8 inch f/6 dob to use a binoviewer. I want to avoid the need for a barlow,...

I purchased a GFT on AstroMart. Web info states that the tripod height range is 40" to 50". The one I got, which according to the seller was not shrunk with...

Space Weather Message Code: ALTK05 Serial Number: 472 Issue Time: 2005 May 08 0148 UTC ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2005 May 08 0147...

What's New @ The Spacearium (http://spacearium.aresinstitute.org): - Space Shuttle Return To Flight delayed - STS-114 crew successfully conducts countdown...

This is the astrocam version of the 20D DSLR. Apparently, it also includes a higher quality (resolution?) LCD screen than the conventional 20D? -Rich

I became interested in mapping light pollution at my various observing sites. Not finding a simple alt-azimuth plotting chart on the web, I threw one together...