Subject: A Dog's Dinner of a weekend
A Dog's Dinner of a weekend
February 12th, 2016 at 3:51 pm EDTHello Friend, Dog's dinner: = A frickin' cold weekend coming up Yep, it's another expression from the old days in merry old England. Egads! Look like it's going to one humdinger of a cold weekend coming up. No doubt it will likely be clear as well. ...
Tracking problems with your equatorial mount?
February 11th, 2016 at 4:04 pm EDTHello Friend, One of the biggest issues amateur astronomers have with using an equatorial mountis getting it to balance properly, once their telescope and camera's are mounted. It can be a real headache! I have seen people jury rig all kinds of s ...
Looking for an ultra compact equatorial tracking platform?
February 10th, 2016 at 5:01 pm EDTThen step into the land of the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer... And SAVE $65 Right now! Regular Price: $599 Sale Price: $534 The Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer is user-friendly and provides various combinations to satisfy all your needs for astrophotograp ...
Is it time to upgrade your telescope's firmware?
February 9th, 2016 at 5:22 pm EDTHello Friend, Take advantage of the winter to upgrade your telescope's firmware. With Spring just around the corner (2 out of 3 groundhogs agree), don't wait until the warmerweather to do this. If you don't do this on a regular basis, you may run i ...
Struck dead by a meteorite
February 8th, 2016 at 4:58 pm EDTHello Friend, You will be glad to know that the odds of being struck by a meteorite are approximately 700,000 to 1 in your lifetime. Fortunately, most meteorites burn up in the atmosphere before they hit the ground. But like any big lottery with lous ...
Rare 5 planet line up this weekend
February 5th, 2016 at 5:24 pm EDTHello Friend, This is the weekend to hope for clear skies. (Erase visions of beach parties, and excessive drinking of alcohol as seen on tv ,unless you happen to be somewhere warm, down south of course). Why? So you can pretend it's a workday and get ...
How to demonkey your telescope
February 4th, 2016 at 3:39 pm EDTHello Friend, Since it is the chinese calendar 'year of the monkey', I thought I would offer you a few tipson demonkeying your telescope. Now if you look up the word "demonkey" in the dictionary, you are not going to find it, because I just made it ...
Do you make this mistake, that many amateur astronomers make?
February 3rd, 2016 at 4:11 pm EDTHello Friend, What is the biggest mistake most first time telescope owners make? Usually it is buying a bunch of poor quality eyepieces, that are usually sold in kits by manufacturers at relatively low prices. It sounds like you are getting a lot ...
Another new low cost product from Rock Mallin
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:45 am EDTHello Friend, Short but sweet today. We just got these, and I wanted to share it with you right away: http://khanscope.com/productdetails.cfm?productID=5821 Finally, a fantastic "all in one" package, at a reasonable price. What you waiting for? Clea ...
Bernie Sanders or Colonel Sanders?
February 1st, 2016 at 6:32 pm EDTHello Friend, I bet if Colonel Sanders, of KFC fame was still around today, and ran for president, he would beduly elected by a wide margin. Running on the platform of "finger lickin`, good chicken" for all, of course. Alas, even the KFC of today i ...