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| The Ubiquitous Eyepiece Box [Article] | 02/28/06 | by John Mills
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| | Look anywhere at a star party and there it is, in myriad renditions, that trove containing our beloved optical gems - the eyepiece box!. . . |
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| CN Report: Celestron CPC-800 [CN Report] | 02/27/06 | by John Crilly
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| | Celestron's 8" and 11" Nexstar GPS models have been in use for about 5 years, and are generally considered very capable. . . |
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| Lunar Domes [Article] | 02/24/06 | by Piergiovanni Salimbeni
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| | The Lunar domes and their Characteristics . . . |
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| Manual Guiding [Article] | 02/23/06 | by Peter Kennett
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| | Guiding is the act of ensuring that your telescope is
tracking accurately during a long astrophotographic exposure. . . |
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| CCD Imaging for the Budget Minded (Part III) [Article] | 02/21/06 | by Jim Chung
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| | CCD Astro Imaging for the Budget Minded Novice - Part Three. . . |
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| Orion's 2" OIII Filter [User Review] | 02/20/06 | by Terry Alford
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| | LPR, or Light Pollution Reduction filters block the most common wavelengths
of the light glow we often call “light pollution”. Most of this
offendin. . . |
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| CN Report: William Optics 66SD Doublet and 66ED Triplet [CN Report] | 02/17/06 | by Tom Trusock
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| | Tom Trusock takes an in-depth look at these two ultra portable apos from William Optics.. . . |
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| Roving Mars IMAX Movie [Article] | 02/16/06 | by Joe Guzman
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| | The Chicago Astronomers Preview the IMAX film "Roving Mars". . . |
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| Autoguiding [Article] | 02/13/06 | by John Crilly
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| | In olden times astrophotographers shot using 35mm film, frequently taking exposures of an hour or more. . . |
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| Celestron NexStar 8i SE [User Review] | 02/10/06 | by John Smith
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| | Star testing on the collimation showed no
need for adjustment from the factory settings as it was shipped to me. Airy disks on both side of the focus
we. . . |
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| Meade 12" Lightbridge Deluxe [User Review] | 02/09/06 | by Josh Dominico
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| | Well, the beauty of a Lightbridge arrived in good condition today.. . . |
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| Advanced Telescope Systems Portable Pier [User Review] | 02/08/06 | by Milton E. Wilcox
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| | There is also now a choice of interchangeable
hard rubber or aluminum foot pads.
I chose the rubber pads, which are radiused to provide good grip over a. . . |
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| CN Report: DBA Certified 10" Dobsonian [CN Report] | 02/08/06 | by Tom Trusock
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| | What do you get when you take a standard DBA Astronomy Products dob and do some major upgrades? A DBA Certified Telescope...
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| Wyoroc Premium 2" Crayford Focuser [User Review] | 02/06/06 | by Tom Nicolaides
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| | Not long ago I purchased a Hardin 12 inch F5 Dobsonian.. . . |
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| Celestial Sampler - A Sampling Book Review [User Review] | 02/06/06 | by Ron B[ee]
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| | A review of the book Celestial Sampler, a deep sky observing guide.. . . |
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| Saturn HOW-TO [Article] | 02/04/06 | by Ron B[ee]
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| | How to Observe Saturn and a compilation of on-line resources by my Light Cup on things you want to know about observing the Ring Planet.
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| Dr. Clay's Supercharging Service [Article] | 02/02/06 | by Bill Diamond
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| | The moon, the moon, came the cry from the back of my car one night. . . |
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| Seven Wonders of the Moon [Article] | 02/01/06 | by Ron B[ee]
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| | One of our deep-cover operative dressed as a tourist on seemingly innocent tour to the Seven Wonders of the Natural
World has discovered that the tour com. . . |
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| February Skies - 2006 [Article] | 02/01/06 | by Dick Cookman
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| | A tour of what is happening in Astronomy in Feb. 2006. . . |
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