Diagonals; Prisms vs. Mirrors [Article]  | 01/31/04 | by Gary Hand Neither mirror nor prism are better. If you notice, every manufacturer of quality scopes with fast focal ratios uses mirror diagonals. Every manufacturer t. . . Small Scope Impressions [Shootout]  | 01/29/04 | by Rich Harper I've owned or used a number of small scopes in the past few years. With the interest in small scopes we have on the forum, either for a good starter scope . . . 3 Months with a Vixen FL102S APO [User Review]  | 01/28/04 | by Rich Harper The Double-Double in Lyra was a nice, easy split, showing all four components. I briefly looked at the Ring Nebula at about 200x with no filter, and it was. . . Apogee 25x100 versus BT-80 [User Review]  | 01/26/04 | by Michiel Claessen Hello, it’s me again. The wonderful thing about owning more various telescopes is that the amount of comparison reports that you can write goes up fast. I . . . Particle Wave Portable Pier [User Review]  | 01/24/04 | by Jeff Webb Not long ago I purchased a Mewlon 300 and NJP mount. The first time I mounted the very large Mewlon (VLM) on the mount, the Takahashi wooden tripod failed.. . . STARMAX 90mm EQ [User Review]  | 01/21/04 | by David Knisely The telescope is about 11 inches long, which is lengthened to about 13 inches when the included 90 degree mirrored star diagonal is in use. The tube is abo. . . TMB 80/600 (Matthias Wirth Version) [User Review]  | 01/21/04 | by Karl Augenstein For the past several years I have been searching for the “perfect” combination of telescopes for my viewing needs, a large aperture, quick set-up scope for. . . Diffusion Filter Overlay with Photoshop [Article]  | 01/19/04 | by Suk Lee You may have seen constellation photos where the major stars are highlighted and show up as beautifully colored orbs. Some of these are created in-camera b. . . Meade 16" Starfinder EQ Newtonian [User Review]  | 01/17/04 | by Robert Bateman For the price, this is a lot of scope. Compare to the Parks model at $16,000 and it's not hard to go wrong. Plenty of opportunity to upgrade/reinforce thes. . . Binoscope Company Narrow and Broadband Nebula Filters [User Review]  | 01/16/04 | by John Kagey I have been wanting an 2” 03 filter for sometime now but have not been able to afford one. When Joe Castoro came out with a 2” . . . January Skies (2003) [Article]  | 01/14/04 | by Dick Cookman Comet 2P/Enke just passed through perihelion on December 29 and moves through Aquarius and Capricornus in January. It remains within glow of th. . . Misadventures In Telescope Building [Article]  | 01/13/04 | by Daniel Gillis I confess. I have had a thing for buying telescopes. My father did cars--I have done telescopes. Over the course of several years I have purchased, sold, b. . . Baader Fringe Killer Filter [User Review]  | 01/09/04 | by Peter Franquet Santa sent me a new skywatcher 80/400 achromat refractor and as I knew it before Christmas, I took informations about it, and about the fact that it suffer. . . 8" f/8 & 12.5" f/6 Homebuilt Dobs [Article]  | 01/07/04 | by Grant Gussie This is a first light review of the first two home-built truss dobsonian telescopes I have made. The telescopes were built with the help of Phil Johnson. . . Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes [Article]  | 01/05/04 | by Ed Moreno I was surprised to see that no review of this book has previously been posted on Cloudy Nights. This volume is, in my opinion, an absolute MUST read (Must . . .