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Cloudy Nights Review Contest
By Mike Loffland

Astronomics, Meade, and Cloudy Nights have come together to give you the chance to make your holidays a little brighter. We've joined to give away a $1499 value Meade ETX-LS 6” ACF (Advanced Coma-Free) Go-To Telescope on December 15th, 2009.

Meade LightBridge 16"
[User Review]  | 11/12/09 | by Fred Rayworth
The scope comes in three major pieces, plus the truss tubes. You have the base, the mirror cage, and upper cage. I had first guessed it would all fit in a . . .

Sky-Watcher SW12 Dobsonian
[User Review]  | 11/11/09 | by Kevin Zoellner
The azimuth bearing is a plastic wagon wheel with imbedded needle bearings sandwiched between two galvanized steel plates. You can lightly . . .

Celestron 1.25" Eyepiece and Accessory Kit
[User Review]  | 11/11/09 | by Tristan Schwartz
he included case has a very sturdy feel to it, but I have one somewhat serious quibble. While the pre-cut foam interior includes (some) space to add additi. . .

Red Lamp Review
[User Review]  | 11/10/09 | by Carol Anderson
I have many red lights and none were really the "perfect" red light for reading my charts. I'd lay my light down, & misplace it, when I needed it. . .

     

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 A Deep Sky Guide for Amateur
 Astronomers by Tom Trusock.
[Article09/12/09
 Small Wonders: Observing the Hubble Sequence in the Fall Northern Sky
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Binocular Universe

 Binocular Universe
 by Phil Harrington.
[Article11/02/09
 The Double Cluster and Friends
Binocular Universe >
Fishing for Photons

 CCD / Imaging
  by Craig Stark.
[Article10/05/09
 Image Sampling
Fishing for Photons >
Small Wonders

 Monthly View of the Skies
 by Dick Cookman
[Article10/04/09
 October Skies 2009
This Month's Skies >
Uncle Rod's Astro Blog

 Your Old Uncle Rod Shares His
 Adventures and Misadventures
[Article04/20/09
 The Cost of a Good Eyepiece Redux
Uncle Rod's Astro Blog >
What's Up . . .

 Professional Writer Steve Coe's
 Monthly Observing Column.
[Article11/02/09
 What's Up Aquarius
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 Aimless ramblings
 by Mike Bieler
[Article01/19/09
 Why Cloudy Nights is Born to Succeed
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 Nikon 20 x 120 III Binoculars

Baader Planetarium 36mm Hyperion-Aspheric Modular Eyepiece
[CN Report | 11/04/09 | by David Knisely
Wider-field "budget" eyepieces seem to be all the rage these days. Some are not all that great in the performance department (especially in faster scopes), but once in a while, one comes by which sets itself apart
The 22" Obsession Ultra Compact
[CN Report | 10/12/09 | by Tom Trusock
Tom spends an evening with the new 22" Obsession Ultra Compact.
Explore Scientific 100 degree Series 14mm Nitrogen-purged Waterproof Eyepiece
[CN Report | 08/31/09 | by David Knisely
Not long ago, most amateurs were dubious of the claims about the maximum apparent field of view that an eyepiece might possibly give without giving up a lot of performance
Antares 8.5-12mm Speers Waler
[CN Report | 06/05/09 | by David Knisely
Once in a while, an eyepiece comes along which kind of stands out as both a decent performer and a bargain in price

Meade LightBridge 16"
[User Review]  | 11/12/09 | by Fred Rayworth
The scope comes in three major pieces, plus the truss tubes. You have the base, the mirror cage, and upper cage. I had first guessed it would all fit in a compact car, but the base is way too big to fit in a trunk or squeeze through a back door
Sky-Watcher SW12 Dobsonian
[User Review]  | 11/11/09 | by Kevin Zoellner
The azimuth bearing is a plastic wagon wheel with imbedded needle bearings sandwiched between two galvanized steel plates. You can lightly
Celestron 1.25" Eyepiece and Accessory Kit
[User Review]  | 11/11/09 | by Tristan Schwartz
he included case has a very sturdy feel to it, but I have one somewhat serious quibble. While the pre-cut foam interior includes (some) space to add additional accessories (three more eyepieces and one more filter), the foam interior is not
Red Lamp Review
[User Review]  | 11/10/09 | by Carol Anderson
I have many red lights and none were really the "perfect" red light for reading my charts. I'd lay my light down, & misplace it, when I needed it
The Pentax 5mm XO: A Planetary Weapon of Choice
[User Review]  | 11/06/09 | by William Paolini
The Pentax 2.5mm and 5mm XO series of eyepieces ("O" for visual Observation) were released by Pentax for the 2003 Mars opposition event. Based on my research of public online archives and marketing releases, Pentax¡¦s optical design goals for the XO series were
Orion 120 mm F5 Short Tube Achromatic Refractor
[User Review]  | 10/30/09 | by Richard Evans
After owning the scope for a while, I decided to try some color deep sky imaging with it. My thought was that maybe problems caused by chromatic aberration inherent in essentially all short focal length achromats might be able to be tamed in image post-processing
Optec Libra Alt-Azimuth Dovetail Adjustment Plate - an Early Adopters Perspective
[User Review]  | 10/27/09 | by Dave Wagner
Being "advanced middle age" and having two boys in school doesn't leave a LOT of free time. Sometimes learned the hard way, but more by nature, I am strongly biased towards buying the highest quality possible. Sometimes I simply have to learn the hard way









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