The damage scope I received is still damaged and it may stay that way. Seems the shipper thinks that most telescopes are out of round and dented, along with...
This evening, Peter Smitka posted a letter entitled "Tough Reality" at the PortaBall Yahoo Group. In a nutshell, Peter has stated that he is essentially...
Hi, I have just returned from a trip to a local mall, the astro dealer in there had just unpacked a 8" Skywatcher dob, now it comes with two "super plossl...
I've acquired some Meade Series 3000 Plossls (25, 16, and 9.5mm) as part of outfitting a scope for my daughter. I also want to get a 2X barlow to go along with...
I have heard that the Parks company is supposed to be a producer of excellent reflectors, but can't find any references to Parks refractors. Anyone have any...
Hi all, I have an 8" Reflector (1000mm) and a 150mm Mak (1800 mm). I own 32mm, 25mm, and 10mm Sirius Plossl eyepieces. When I look through my 10mm Sirius...
"We're aware of the duplicate message bug that has been affecting groups today and are working to resolve the issue (a side effect of this bug is that some...
Hi All Just a quick post to say my 90MM Celestron refracter arrived Friday. Due to other committments I could not take the scope out till tonight and under...
The last few nights, I have been watching (I think it is a star..could be a planet) this "star" that is REALLY BRIGHT by the moon...it has been under the...
For sale on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Alvan-Clark-4-inch-Refractor- Telescope_W0QQitemZ250097464990QQcategoryZ74928QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem ...
I received a 16" meade dob for a retirement gift and have been using it quite a lotand love it. However, many times I have to use a ladder to see through the...
You might consider a simple dob for future purchases :) Mitch Thanks for that Mitch, but after nearly $7000 outlay on the big Meade and necessary accessories,...
The book suggestions have been awesome, thanks everyone. I've already read a number of them, even some Feynman; but it seems the older I've gotten the less my...
Good morning, well I finally got out of my astro slump and went observing last night, nothing too exciting, Saturn, the Moon, some of the brighter deepsky...
Hi , I was going to buy a digicam which I could even use for astro purposes.I have a 5" newt. on german equitorial mount without tracking. What charecterstics...
Hi all, This has nothing to do with the any mounts in particular, but a lot of people are talking about deep cycle marine batteries as an alternative to the...
Now, here's something you don't see every day on eBay! Check out the price!! http://tinyurl.com/yoblhq What an amazing piece of astronomical history. Phil ...
I have a TAK FS-102 awaiting a finder. I have seen a few references to the TAK bracket damaging the finder tube, but this must only be slight cosmetic damage....
Din't find much in the archives. Intended use is for a young family, interested in astronomy and other things, no experience or desire to be involved with...
I have got in over my head here folks, maybe someone can help. I need a telescope for my childs 5th grade class. I promised to help them and I sort of meant...
Hello- I also agree that, while thew ETX line have good optics, they make better "second"'scopes. This is especially so of Maksutovs in principle. You really...
hey everyone, i'm looking to get my first telescope. i'm thinking of getting one of the meade ETX series. probably either the 125PE or 105AT. i've read good...
hey there. thanks for ur input on getting a first scope. after a lot more reading on the net and books i'm thinking about an 8 inch dobsonian. the two main...
Hi All, I'm hoping someone up here can help me find out the history of this scope. It is a 6.5" Mak homemade and apparently based on a questar. It was in the...
I don't mean to single anyone out, but it would make reading of posts much easier if everyone would use punctuation and capitalization to break up sentences....
