Subject: Observing Saturn? Here are three important things you should know
Observing Saturn? Here are three important things you should know
June 9th, 2014 at 12:45 pm EDTHello Friend, The Planet Saturn was the very night sky object that got me hooked into astronomy. Finding Saturn, with a small 60mm refractor and a wobbly tripod. The very fact that you can see it's rings, and it has such a 3 dimensional appearance t ...
A Questar like maksutov Cassegrain for $499?
June 6th, 2014 at 12:27 pm EDTHello Friend, Allow me to explain. Many years ago the Questar Corporation, in Pennyslvania, designed a really cool maksutov-cassegraintelescope, which they introduced into the market place for amateur astronomers. The problem? It carried a mighty hef ...
Guess which telescope revolutioned the telescope industry?
June 5th, 2014 at 11:45 am EDTHello Friend, I'm sure that many might say it was the Dobsonian telescope. But I'm really talking about computerized telescopes today. When Meade Instruments shipped the first computerized "goto" telescope back in 1992, the LX200 series.it was th ...
Ever sucked on the gas from a film hypering gas tank?
June 4th, 2014 at 12:26 pm EDTHello Friend, If you've been an amateur astronomer for as long as I have, you might remember the old Celestron SchmidtCamera's, back in the 1970's.It was pure voodoo.First, you had to mount the film roll of 35mm film in a dark room, and mount on the ...
3 Steps to Becoming a brilliant astrophotographer
June 3rd, 2014 at 12:12 pm EDTHello Friend, Yesterday I shared with you some of the stunning images taken by astroimager Michael Watson of Toronto. In his spare time, when he's not doing astronomy he practises law. Or maybe it's the other way around. If you want to take stunning ...
Check out these stunning astroimages by Amateur Astronomer Michael Watson
June 2nd, 2014 at 12:33 pm EDTHello Friend, Amateur astronomer and astroimager Michael Watson, who lives in Toronto, and is an active memberof the RASC, took some stunning images this past weekend in Algonquin park. You can check out his quality work right here: https://www.fli ...
Shootout at the "not ok" Meade Corral
June 1st, 2014 at 12:31 pm EDTHello Friend, You remember the shoot out at the OK Corral, with Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday, right? And that's what it's gonna be when I get a phone call from Meade tommorow. If you know Victor A. VP at Meade Instruments, like I do, well he'll be ...
Fighting the battle against light pollution
May 30th, 2014 at 11:55 am EDTHello Friend, Imagine no more dark skies. How would we as amateur astronomers be able to pursue our hobby then? Over 30 years in Toronto, if you went to the North end of the city, there were still farmers fieldsand dark skies that I could access. ...
One place where you don't want to put a Tattoo
May 29th, 2014 at 12:30 pm EDTHello Friend, Personally, I don't have a tattoo. But it seem's that these days, a lot of people do. Then there is a fellow from Hamilton I know, Barry Sherman who has been an amateur astronomer for over 30 years. Barry knows optics. And Barry happen ...
Is your telescope mount letting you down?
May 28th, 2014 at 11:53 am EDTHello Friend, Imagine a mount head that weights only 27 lbs. (12.3kg) and will accept a payload of 60 lbs. (27.3 kg)! It's a real dilemma for a lot of amateur astronomers. They want an equatorial mount that will do the job,but does not require them ...