I would like to see Mars while it is close to Earth. I am trying to look at it through a pair of binoculars (10 x 50) on a tripod but can see no detail at all...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2947975777&category=28181 Starting price seems okay, but I'm suspicious. I don't know exactly why.

Folks, Shall I buy a 10in meade LXD-55 with Ultra High coating for $1249 or Shall I buy a Celestron 6 inch C6RGT for $1094 (includes a GOTO mount). or ?

Hi Folks, Does anyone here own a Meade LXD55 10" Schmidt-Newtonian telescope? If so, could you please comment on its visual performance for the planets and...

Dear Experts This one is a long shot on identification of a double star... Last night I got out my binoculars just before sunset (8pm) and pointed them very...

Many figure that Hubble's specialty is to "make things look bigger". But this is not the case: it is actually Hubble's light collecting power that makes it so...

Hi i sell high powered green lasers, most of my customers are astronomers who like to point out the stars or constellations to friends or family, So i thought...

Anyone take some recent Mars images with these (or similar) high-powered scopes and have homesites? TIA

Why are they barred? Why are some elliptical? Then there are those that are...irregular. I have a theory, but I don't want to look stupid... ....until...

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Anyone know the outside diameter of the tube of a TeleVue 85mm scope? Is it much bigger than the Pronto? I have rings for a pronto and want to know if they'll...

bwhiting wrote: It's truly laughable what the media reports at times. Want another example that's in today's news? CNN has the boondoggle of the day ...

Received a new one from Sky Instruments yesterday after many months of waiting. Joe O'Neil will be shipping his orders soon. At 300x with a 10" dob F/6 and...

Congrats Dan, for the great review in Astronomy Magazine. May it bring you great business Dan! Your scopes are truly great! Mike.

Please, pardon me for this question, probably a very reiterated FAQ, but I need to know quickly and cannot browse the newsgroup for old threads. To make it...

I own a couple of the Orion Epic ED-2 series (3.7 and 12.3), and had a 25mm on backorder until the line was discontinued. I have been advised by the shop I...

I was talking to a business acquaintance today who lives in the San Francisco area, and who I know has a slightly-more-than-passing interest in astronomy. I...

....sometime between 3:30 - 4:00am MDT. They passed very close to the Double Cluster and proceeded through Cameleopardis, although I lost them in the sky glow...

Then get an ETX-90. Questar is for blowhards who feel inadequate. There is no reason not to get an ETX-90 if that is what you really want. The ETX-90 is...

I have interest in a LX90 without UHTC, question is it possible to have the UHTC coating applied to the scope as i believe from what i have read it improves...