Subject: Going to Starfest?
Going to Starfest?
August 15th, 2014 at 10:54 am ESTHello Friend, Starfest is one of North America's 10 largest star parties. That's a lot of people, and a lot of telescopes! I've been going for the past 30 odd years; It's hard to believe it's been that long, but it has. And you know what? It's someth ...
This is the real deal: The Rowe Ackermann Schmidt-Astrograph
August 14th, 2014 at 12:23 pm ESTHello Friend, If you are an astroimager of any kind, then you already know the importance of having a fast optical system. Typical SCT systems are quite slow. So when Celestron introduced the Rowe Ackermann Schmidt-Astrograph earlier this year,amateu ...
Going to Starfest? We'll see you there!
August 13th, 2014 at 2:01 pm ESTHello Friend, August 22 and 23rd is a new Moon weekend. And that also happens to be the time Starfest will take place in Mount Forest, Ontario. It's located about 2 hours northwest of the city of Toronto. Yes, the annual event, will soon be upon us. ...
The curative effect of amateur astronomy
August 12th, 2014 at 1:52 pm ESTHello Friend, Perhaps you too were saddened to hear of the passing of actor Robin Williams. What makes him special, was that despite the mental illness demons that he fought during his life,he was able to connect with all people at a very real level. ...
Did you hear the one about the lawyer who was an astroimager?
August 10th, 2014 at 11:50 am ESTHello Friend, Alison Redford walked up to the Bar.....(yes, it's lame, so I'll quit while I'm ahead). People love to make jokes about lawyers, especially if they ever had to deal with one. I'm happy to say I've had positive experiences with the ones ...
We've got more telescopes than Allison Redford has for excuses
August 9th, 2014 at 10:35 am ESTHello Friend, Recently I've been talking a lot about the new Nexstar Evolution telescopes from Celestron. Last Thursday night, I was all set to test out the Nexstar Evolution 9.25", which I have been eagerlyanticipating and which just arrived into o ...
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, so they say
August 8th, 2014 at 12:44 pm ESTHello Friend, My buddy Glenn Norman would be the first to tell you that that statement simply is not true. Why? Cos as Glenn says, he's an old dog. And he just learnt a few new tricks! I just finished reading his article in the latest issue of Sky ...
Telescope misbehaving? Here's how to deal with it.
August 7th, 2014 at 2:08 pm ESTHello Friend, I ran into an old customer that I had not seen in a few years last week. He had called me up a few years ago, and asked if I would buy his telescope asap, becausehe had lost his job and needed the money to pay some bills. Broke up with ...
Rosetta: The countdown begins!
August 6th, 2014 at 11:44 am ESTHello Friend, The European Space agency is on a mission right now, that has been in the making for the past 10 years. And it's the Rosetta mission. Rendezvousing with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today. And it gets better. After rendezvous on 6 A ...
The perfect beginner telescope?
August 5th, 2014 at 10:25 am ESTLooking for the perfect beginner telescope? In a market filled with tempting telescopes, very few fill the bill as an outstanding beginner telescope. While a computer assisted telescope is a fine thing, it doesn't teach you how to read star charts o ...