Basics of Starhopping [Article]  | 12/30/03 | by Walter D'hoye Today we, amateur astronomers, have an immense array of equipment at our disposal. We have telescopes that can find their own way through the s. . . Opinions on Some used Widefield Eyepieces [Article]  | 12/29/03 | by John Crilly I am a big fan of what Al Nagler referred to as the “spacewalk” experience. I like widefield eyepieces and huge eyelenses. Although the latest Nagler line . . . CN Report: Scopetronix Maxview II 40mm Eyepiece Review [CN Report]  | 12/28/03 | by Mike Kudenov At a zoom of 7.5x, the vignetting begins to diminish and is nearly eliminated at a zoom of 10x in both figures. This, however, is not due to any specific . . . What Does It Take To See Width In The Cassini Division? [Article]  | 12/26/03 | by Ed Zarenski The Airy disk radius is measured from the midpoint of the central diffraction disk to the minimum of the first diffraction interspace. The central . . . CN Report: Wide Scan Type III Eyepieces - An Affordable 84 degrees [CN Report]  | 12/25/03 | by Tom Trusock Tom Trusock takes a look at these 82-degree FOV with a mid-level price point. . . Celestron Nexstar 8i with Starbright XLT coatings [User Review]  | 12/23/03 | by Anjal Sharma After watching for about a minute, I realized that the glow was still in the same position, but there was no noise from the tracking motors. Chalk up one f. . . Lomo Astele EL 133.5mm f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain [User Review]  | 12/21/03 | by Chuck Baker Recently, I picked one of these up through a friend on Astromart. The previous owner wasn't advertising, and I couldn't find a used one from any individual. . . Heavy duty, yet portable German Equatorial Mount [User Review]  | 12/18/03 | by Antonio Zanardo At the moment of writing this article, the Celestron 11 scope and my new home made GEM equatorial mount (Picture 1) stand in front of me as a dream come tr. . . Tele Vue 24mm Panoptic + 5x Powermate vs. Takahashi 5mm LE-ED [Shootout]  | 12/17/03 | by J.D. Metzger I recently acquired a Tele Vue TV102 refractor, and decided I needed some high power eyepieces. I had a Tele Vue Nagler 3-6mm zoom, but was unhappy with wh. . . Orion 80mm ED Refractor [User Review]  | 12/15/03 | by Bill Grass After reading so many excellent reviews about Orion's new 80mm f/7.5 ED refractor, I was really torn about whether or not I should buy one of these little . . . Orion 80mm f/7.5 ED Refractor vs Masked 80mm Televue 102 ED Refractor [Shootout]  | 12/14/03 | by Wing Eng In particular, I tried out an Orion Expanse 6mm eyepiece which yielded 100X and found the sun’s point-image as reflected by telephone pole insulators sever. . . 125mm f/8.3 RR Achromat Objective [User Review]  | 12/12/03 | by Guido Santacana In a previous article entitled “The Orion 120mm SVP” I described my first impressions of the 125mm f/8.3 RR Achromat objective lens that was used as a repl. . . December Skies (2003) [Article]  | 12/10/03 | by Dick Cookman Mars spends December in the western part of Pisces, beneath the circlet. It is high in the south at sunset and diminishes to a width of 10 seco. . . Celestron AS-GT (CG-5 GT) GOTO EQ Mount [User Review]  | 12/05/03 | by Tony Bonanno One of the pleasures of amateur astronomy for me is sharing my views of the night sky with friends. I live several miles outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico an. . . CHARTLAMP map reading light [User Review]  | 12/04/03 | by David Knisely Now comes the new CHARTLAMP; a small fixed LED lamp on a small stand which may be of some use.. . . Orion 9x50mm Finder [User Review]  | 12/03/03 | by Terry Alford On several occasions I had the opportunity to look through the 8X50 finder on an observing buddy’s Orion XT10. The views through this finder were impressiv. . . Celestron Starhopper 8" Meets a Tele Vue 102mm [Shootout]  | 12/01/03 | by Wing Eng In any optical comparison between two “different” types of telescopes, the first consideration for a fair “apples to apples” type comparison involves the c. . .