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| 2" Siebert Black Knight Binoviewer [User Review] | 09/27/04 | by Jason Davis
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| | Imagine a Celestron 14" aperture SCT GoTo scope with XLT coatings, Fastar compatibility, all on Celestron's German Equatorial Mount. Now mix in Harry Siebe. . . |
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| 2" Siebert Black Knight Binoviewer [User Review] | 09/27/04 | by Jason Davis
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| | Imagine a Celestron 14" aperture SCT GoTo scope with XLT coatings, Fastar compatibility, all on Celestron's German Equatorial Mount. Now mix in Harry Siebe. . . |
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| Intes-Micro Alter M603 - 6" Maksutov Cassegrain [User Review] | 09/24/04 | by Simon Edwins
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| | The scope looks and feels quite heavy. There are no plastic parts visible, pleasingly it is a lump of glass and metal. There is great attention to detail. . . |
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| Small Wonders: Andromeda [Article] | 09/22/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Andromeda, the daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus, was condemned to be sacrificed to Poseidon and bound to a rock near the shore. Just having returned aft. . . |
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| Meade AR-5 5” Refractor OTA (LXD55 version) [User Review] | 09/22/04 | by Eric Esworthy
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| | The GOTO has its uses for viewing multiple objects in a short amount of time as in Star Parties & such, but usually, I don’t usually like to use it. I’m no. . . |
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| CN Report: 2nd Annual Great Lakes Star Gaze [CN Report] | 09/22/04 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom Trusock attends the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Star Gaze. This growing Michigan star party is a great place to be in the fall. . . |
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| APM Triplet 102mm F6 [User Review] | 09/20/04 | by Michiel Claessen
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| | The visual impact of this scope is already worth the price. A big and shiny black tube. Although the tube is quite short, it is very substantial. I was ama. . . |
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| Robert Royce 8 inch f/6 Newtonian Mirror [User Review] | 09/17/04 | by Zeyad Almajed
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| | My first real telescope (other than the toy store junk) was a 4.1/2 inch 900 mm Japanese Newtonian with a solid equatorial mount on a wooden tripod. I had . . . |
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| How-to Make a Hartmann Mask [How To] | 09/14/04 | by Jason Hissong
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| | In this article, I hope to explain how to make a very inexpensive Hartmann mask to aid you in focusing your telescope for imaging.. . . |
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| Astromeccanica/Hutech Borg 100ED Binoscope [User Review] | 09/13/04 | by Milton E. Wilcox
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| | This instrument is a hybrid 100mm binocular made up of a light-gathering front end using Borg 100ED objectives and a viewing back end using an Astromeccani. . . |
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| CN Report: Review of the TMB Mono Reviews [CN Report] | 09/10/04 | by Albert Bellg
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| | Albert Bellg critiques both his own review of the TMB monos and a recent Sky & Tel review. Did some errors occur?
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| CN Report: StarGPS – add GPS to your Telescope [CN Report] | 09/09/04 | by Bob Pasken
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| | When the StarGPS unit was announced I was interested in the StarGPS because it
automatically set the Autostar with the
correct time and location without . . . |
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| CN Report: Coronado PST VS Coronado SolarMax 40 [CN Report] | 09/07/04 | by Don Wyman
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| | This summer, Coronado premiered their newest offering, the P.S.T, or Personal Solar Telescope.
This instrument is advertised as an all-in-one H-Alpha view. . . |
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| 5" Scope Pursuit [User Review] | 09/06/04 | by Wayne R. Crauder
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| | I have been observing through scopes for around 40 years. I tend to prefer GEM mounts as I may draw something over time or take photos through my scopes. A. . . |
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| CN Report: Antares 25mm W70 vs Orion 22mm Epic ED [CN Report] | 09/01/04 | by Steve Coe
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| | Long time observer and author Steve Coe compares the Antares 25mm W70 and the Orion 22mm Epic ED across several telescopes. . . |
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| CN Report: SAC8 CCD Camera [CN Report] | 09/01/04 | by Craig Stark
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| | Craig Stark shares a detailed analysis of (and some great images from) this economical imaging camera. . . |
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