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Announcements and News Threads Posts Last post Cloudy Nights Announcements (2 viewing)   News from the Cloudy Nights team pertaining to the website and forums    Moderator:   596 1097 April Imaging/Sketching Co...     (Charlie Hein) - 05/10/13 08:40 AM Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports (19 viewing)   A place to discuss the articles posted on Cloudy Nights    Moderator:  droid, iceblaze  1993 24973 Install Meade LXD75 motors...     (Charlie Hein) - 05/18/13 03:17 PM Celestial Events (2 viewing)   Welcome to Celestial Events, a bulletin board for announcements about currently or soon to be observable astronomical events. Need a finder chart for that bright comet? Want to know when the next meteor shower will peak? Looking for suggestions on what to observe? Visit regularly for answers to all your questions about what's happening now in the celestial show. If folks want to discuss these events, the staff of Cloudy Nights invites you to start or join a thread in the appropriate observing forum. Celestial Events is for announcements only.    Moderator:  Dave Mitsky  148 180 May 2013 Celestial Calenda...     (Dave Mitsky) - 04/30/13 03:24 PM General Astronomy Threads Posts Last post Beginners Forum (53 viewing)   A place for people new to the hobby to ask their questions and receive some helpful answers. We're here to help you.    Moderator:  Dave Mitsky, panhard, WaterMaster  27102 423705 Re: Focusers?     (obin robinson) - 05/18/13 08:53 PM General Observing and Astronomy (44 viewing)   General Observing and Amateur Astronomy topics and questions that do not fit into our other forums. This includes unaided eye observing (satellites, weather, auroras etc) and non equipment topics (LASIK, observing sites, dressing for the cold/hot etc)    Moderator:  cildarith, droid, tecmage  3909 52642 Re: When will Mars be in t...     (Achernar) - 05/18/13 08:45 PM Outreach (1 viewing)   The official forum for the Astronomy Outreach Network. Post questions about Outreach, suggestions or even just publicize your Outreach events. If it has to do with promoting our great hobby, it goes here!    Moderator:  Cotts, tecmage  232 2517 Re: Grand Canyon Star Part...     (Skylook123) - 05/18/13 03:31 PM Light Pollution (2 viewing)   While CN does not typically allow politics, this is one forum in which the discussion of legislation dealing with this matter is permitted. This is a problem that will eventually affect all of us to one degree or another.    Moderator:  LivingNDixie, richard7  807 9760 Re: SQ Reading     (GlennLeDrew) - 05/17/13 04:05 PM Equipment Discussions Threads Posts Last post ATM, Optics and DIY Forum (32 viewing)   Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) and any do it yourself related activities. Ask questions, discuss and post pictures of telescope related projects, optics, telescopes, observing chairs, etc.    Moderator:  ausastronomer, richard7  12364 185204 Re: 9.25 inch refractor pr...     (jimegger) - 05/18/13 09:04 PM Binoculars (41 viewing)   "Best Of Binocular" Library, How to Choose, Equipment Minireviews, Observation Reports, Testing Aspects, Aberrations and Deficiencies, Books, Binocular Mounts, Observing Lists, Exit Pupil vs Eye Pupil, Binocular Vision and more    Moderator:  knuklhdastnmr, panhard  10944 159896 Re: New Kowa Highlander - ...     (Ryuno) - 05/18/13 08:53 PM Binoviewers (2 viewing)   Binoviewer discussion forum    Moderator:  Geo557, panhard  3149 33112 Extra EP's ..................     (MAURITS) - 05/18/13 05:08 PM Cats & Casses (27 viewing)   A forum for discussing Cassegrain (Classic Cassegrain, Ritchey-Chrétien, Dall–Kirkham, etc) and Catadioptric telescopes (Schmidt and Maksutov Cassegrains, ACF, Edge HD, etc).    Moderator:  Cotts, Starman27  10776 155369 Re: C6 or 6SE? New York Ci...     (Goodchild) - 05/18/13 08:44 PM Classic Telescopes (31 viewing)   Telescopes from an era gone by. The place to discuss older telescopes. Antiques, flea market finds, and scopes from grandpa's attic. From the 1780's to the 1980's - refractors, reflectors, and early SCT's. Fine classics like Clark and Zeiss to nostalgic favorites like Sears, Cave, Edmund, and Unitron are fair game. Discussing all aspects of restoring, collecting, and observing with older scopes.    Moderator:  RLTYS, BRisley  8020 139732 Re: Modern scopes on class...     (bremms) - 05/18/13 08:48 PM Equipment (47 viewing)   A forum for any general equipment discussion, accessories and a great starting point if you are not sure where to post that burning question about equipment.    Moderator:  Jarad, tecmage  17667 230722 Re: MEADE BEING BOUGHT OUT...     (rcdk) - 05/18/13 08:33 PM Eyepieces (58 viewing)   A place to discuss our favorite eyepieces and eyepiece accessories, barlows, filters, etc.    Moderator:  ausastronomer, Scott in NC, iceblaze  21018 349636 Re: Roland Christen's outd...     (David E) - 05/18/13 09:07 PM Mounts (58 viewing)   A Forum to discuss all types of mounts and mount accessories - including computerized, manual, GEM, fork mount, parallactic, alt-az, DSCs, PushTo and GoTo systems.    Moderator:  Bowmoreman, bilgebay, iceblaze  16761 185228 Re: Opinion time - Choose ...     (dhaval) - 05/18/13 09:07 PM Observatories (13 viewing)   A forum for discussing the ins and outs of current observatories as well as sharing designs, and ideas. Manufacturers and Vendors are invited to attend.    Moderator:  csa/montana, Chris Erickson  3407 74226 Re: Post a pic. of your ob...     (mikey cee) - 05/18/13 07:01 PM Reflectors (41 viewing)   A forum for discussing Newtonian type reflecting telescopes (including Schmidt and Maksutov designs as well as Herschelian, Off-Axis, etc).    Moderator:  Jarad, ausastronomer, okieav8r  14507 243429 Better focal reducer/corre...     (bouffetout) - 05/18/13 08:34 PM Refractors (58 viewing)   A forum for discussing refractor telescopes.    Moderator:  Scott in NC, Bowmoreman, KWB  17754 351792 Re: Talk me out of buying ...     (Jeff Gardner) - 05/18/13 08:59 PM Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy (13 viewing)   This forum is dedicated to 'semi-live' electronically assisted viewing of astronomical events and targets. Discussed devices include (but are not limited to) the Collins I3, StellaCam, Mallincam and other 'semi-live' output devices.    Moderator:  Undermidnight, knuklhdastnmr  2251 28065 Re: comparing 4 cameras     (ccs_hello) - 05/18/13 09:09 PM Observing Threads Posts Last post NEO   This forum is for the discussion of the NEOs (Near Earth Objects). This will include the various projects, methods of observation and tracking,classification, and the equipment needed to do so.    Moderator:  panhard  200 1450 Re: Eight large asteroids ...     (Astrohat) - 05/13/13 04:00 PM Planetary and Solar System Observing (2 viewing)   A friendly place to discuss planetary & solar system object observing.    Moderator:  RLTYS  5191 55036 Re: Saturn 5/5/13     (azure1961p) - 05/18/13 08:25 PM Lunar Observing (11 viewing)   A forum dedicated to the observation and appreciation of our Moon. Join us in the Lunie Bin and learn about the only world other than the Earth to bear the imprint of human feet. Images and sketches are most welcome. (Please limit the size of image files to 100K.)    Moderator:  THEPLOUGH  4049 37661 Re: Unknown crater pair in...     (Sasa) - 05/18/13 05:34 PM Deep Sky Observing (11 viewing)   A dark place to discuss deep sky observing and observations    Moderator:  Dave Mitsky, okieav8r  6160 75992 Re: The Herschel 3 list     (sgottlieb) - 05/18/13 08:02 PM Double Star Observing (7 viewing)   Double Stars, Rayleigh Limit and Dawes Limit; a place for observers with split personalities.    Moderator:  PJ Anway, RLTYS  1826 21617 Re: My New Double Star sco...     (WRAK) - 05/18/13 03:28 PM Solar (22 viewing)   Hot place to discuss solar observing topics    Moderator:  Bowmoreman, KWB  20968 198672 Re: Large mosaic 11744 &am...     (JeanB) - 05/18/13 09:02 PM Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy (1 viewing)   This is a forum for variable star observers and radio astronomy discussion.    Moderator:  RLTYS  769 6193 Re: Discovered a supernova...     (nytecam) - 05/18/13 04:01 AM

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