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The Ubiquitous Eyepiece Box
[Article | 02/28/06 | by John Mills
Look anywhere at a star party and there it is, in myriad renditions, that trove containing our beloved optical gems - the eyepiece box!. . .

CN Report: Celestron CPC-800
[CN Report | 02/27/06 | by John Crilly
Celestron's 8" and 11" Nexstar GPS models have been in use for about 5 years, and are generally considered very capable. . .

Lunar Domes
[Article | 02/24/06 | by Piergiovanni Salimbeni
The Lunar domes and their Characteristics . . .

Manual Guiding
[Article | 02/23/06 | by Peter Kennett
Guiding is the act of ensuring that your telescope is tracking accurately during a long astrophotographic exposure. . .

CCD Imaging for the Budget Minded (Part III)
[Article | 02/21/06 | by Jim Chung
CCD Astro Imaging for the Budget Minded Novice - Part Three. . .

Orion's 2" OIII Filter
[User Review]  | 02/20/06 | by Terry Alford
LPR, or Light Pollution Reduction filters block the most common wavelengths of the light glow we often call “light pollution”. Most of this offendin. . .

CN Report: William Optics 66SD Doublet and 66ED Triplet
[CN Report | 02/17/06 | by Tom Trusock
Tom Trusock takes an in-depth look at these two ultra portable apos from William Optics.. . .

Roving Mars IMAX Movie
[Article | 02/16/06 | by Joe Guzman
The Chicago Astronomers Preview the IMAX film "Roving Mars". . .

Autoguiding
[Article | 02/13/06 | by John Crilly
In olden times astrophotographers shot using 35mm film, frequently taking exposures of an hour or more. . .

Celestron NexStar 8i SE
[User Review]  | 02/10/06 | by John Smith
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. . .

Meade 12" Lightbridge Deluxe
[User Review]  | 02/09/06 | by Josh Dominico
Well, the beauty of a Lightbridge arrived in good condition today.. . .

Advanced Telescope Systems Portable Pier
[User Review]  | 02/08/06 | by Milton E. Wilcox
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. . .

CN Report: DBA Certified 10" Dobsonian
[CN Report | 02/08/06 | by Tom Trusock
What do you get when you take a standard DBA Astronomy Products dob and do some major upgrades? A DBA Certified Telescope... . . .

Wyoroc Premium 2" Crayford Focuser
[User Review]  | 02/06/06 | by Tom Nicolaides
Not long ago I purchased a Hardin 12 inch F5 Dobsonian.. . .

Celestial Sampler - A Sampling Book Review
[User Review]  | 02/06/06 | by Ron B[ee]
A review of the book Celestial Sampler, a deep sky observing guide.. . .

Saturn HOW-TO
[Article | 02/04/06 | by Ron B[ee]
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. . . .

Dr. Clay's Supercharging Service
[Article | 02/02/06 | by Bill Diamond
The moon, the moon, came the cry from the back of my car one night. . .

Seven Wonders of the Moon
[Article | 02/01/06 | by Ron B[ee]
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. . .

February Skies - 2006
[Article | 02/01/06 | by Dick Cookman
A tour of what is happening in Astronomy in Feb. 2006. . .

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