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| April Skies (2004)
[Article] | 03/30/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet C/2002 T7 Linear is lost in the sunset for most of early April. It passes perihelion in mid-month and during the rest of April, we hope that it will . . . |
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| CN Report: Astrologs Observing Logs
[CN Report] | 03/27/04 | by Allister St. Claire
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| | Allister St. Claire asks, "Thinking of keeping notes of your observing sessions?". He then reports that if you are, Astrologs has 2 products that will real. . . |
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| Gracefully Embracing a WinCTC… An Inexpensive British-Portuguese GOTO "black box"
[User Review] | 03/21/04 | by Laurent H. Hauwaert
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| | You need to order for it in Portugal, it takes about ten days to arrive (to Belgium in this case) and you should then be able to set it up in five minutes…. . . |
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| Meade ETX-90
[User Review] | 03/21/04 | by Otto Piechowski
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| | The cassini division is visible each time, every time (once thermal equilibrium has been reached) as a thin dark line nearly through the whole ring system . . . |
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| Sky Atlas 2000.0 Deluxe
[User Review] | 03/15/04 | by Ed Zarenski
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| | Sky Atlas 2000.0 in its second edition offers nearly 90,000 stars, with all positions derived from the Hipparcos database, the most accurate survey ever un. . . |
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| Celestron C4R 4" Achromat
[User Review] | 03/15/04 | by Donnie Bigers
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| | I ordered the scope from Astronomics. It has been on sale for a while now at $399. I have since learned that this is a great price for the amount of perfor. . . |
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| BC&F Astro Engineering Bino Mate
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by Jim Gutman
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| | The Bino Mate wins the prize as the lightest binoviewer I’ve ever used.
Stay with light weight eyepieces and no problems occur in balancing a telescope. T. . . |
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| CN Report: Celestron F/6.3 Reducer/Corrector (Model # 94175)
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by David Knisely
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| | With many of the modern Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (SCTs), the longer effective focal length can
be a bit of a hastle, limiting the field of view and i. . . |
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| CN Report: NexStar 9.25GPS
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by David Knisely
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| | Experienced observer David Knisely was sent a new Nexstar to evaluate. At the end of 2 months, he purchased it for his own use.... . . |
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| CN Report: Meade 7" Maksutov vs Celestron 9.25"
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by Daniel Mounsey
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| | A Jupiter showdown. Meade 7" Mak vs Celestron 9.25". Both scopes evaluated purely on their visual performance on Jupiter. A second set of identical scopes . . . |
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| CN Report: CapeNEWISE 8" f/6 Catadioptric Newtonian
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by David Knisely
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| | Instruments. Not a Mak-Newt and not an SCT-Newt but a modified newtonian catadioptric telescope. Read on to hear the experiences and subsequent journey of . . . |
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| CN Report: See The Stars
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by Allister St. Claire
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| | Allister St. Claire reviews this book (highly recommended by the CN Staff) which purports to take a beginner through the process of learning the twelve bri. . . |
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| CN Report: Photoshop Basics for Astrophotos
[CN Report] | 03/13/04 | by Dave Cornish
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| | Dave Cornish shares his techniques for polishing astronomical images with PhotoShop. . . |
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| Eyepieces: Performance of Simple Vs Complex types
[Shootout] | 03/10/04 | by Ed Moreno
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| | I recently purchased a set of Meade Series 4000 Plossl eyepieces for use in a telescope comparison on planetary performance between a Meade 152 ED and Cele. . . |
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| CN Report: Starbucket Ultralight Dob
[CN Report] | 03/08/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Looking for the a very lightweight and compact dob? Well, look no further then the Starbucket line of dobs. Tom Trusock examines the latest entry in the 3r. . . |
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| The Return of the Denkmeier
[User Review] | 03/05/04 | by Rod Mollise
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| | By way of background, before I had the chance to test the 2" Denkmeier, I was not much of a fan of binoviewers in general. I had never had much success usi. . . |
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| CN Report: $99 Meade and Celestron Eyepiece Set Comparo
[CN Report] | 03/05/04 | by Albert Bellg
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| | Al Bellig examines the Meade and Celestron plossl sets. . . |
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| 4.8mm Type I Nagler V UO HD Ortho
[User Review] | 03/04/04 | by Rich Warp
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| | Since acquiring my Vixen FL102S refractor, I've done a little revamping of my eyepiece collection. I've added some shorter focal length eyepieces that I di. . . |
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| TAL 24mm UWA 2” 92 degree AFOV eyepiece
[User Review] | 03/02/04 | by Dimitry Zarkh
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| | TAL 24mm UWA is a high-quality eyepiece for low-power wide-angle scanning of the sky with emphasis on large open clusters such as Beehive, Pleiades, Hiades. . . |
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| CN Report: The Perfect Machine
[CN Report] | 03/01/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom Trusock gives us a look at Ronald Florence's account of the construction of one of the world's greatest telescopes - the 200" Hale on Mt. Palomar . . . |
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| CN Report: Epic Moon
[CN Report] | 03/01/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom Trusock reports on Sheehan and Dobbins' history of Earthbound Lunar exploration. . . |
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| CN Report: Moon Hunters
[CN Report] | 03/01/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom Trusock shares his impressions of Jeffrey Kluger's description of JPL and the unmanned space program. . . |
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| CN Report: The Modern Moon
[CN Report] | 03/01/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom Trusock examines Charles A. Wood's personal view of our Moon. . . |
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| CN Report: SAC7 Air Cooled CCD Camera
[CN Report] | 03/01/04 | by Suk Lee
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| | Suk Lee takes an in-depth look at the operation and capabilities of this inexpensive imaging option. . . |
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| Cleaning Eyepieces
[How To] | 03/01/04 | by Rich Warp
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| | Cleaning eyepieces is an easy and essential step to getting the most out of your viewing. Eyepieces, if dirty, will provide degraded images. While care sho. . . |
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