Subject: We lose a great Canadian Astronomy Icon
We lose a great Canadian Astronomy Icon
February 2nd, 2023 at 2:00 pm EDTView onlineHello Friend One of the stalwarts of amateur astronomy and to whom I owe much for his wideranging influence in this hobby is Terence Dickinson. Sadly, Mr. Dickinson passed away yesterday. You may have read his book, Nightwatch. ...
🚀 Embark on a Visual Journey with Comet C2033 💫
February 1st, 2023 at 2:57 pm EDTView onlineIt's a relatively short window of opportunity to get a view of this Comet, so take advantage of it while you can. Some pundits are claiming this is the best comet of 2023. Well, since we are early into 2023, they must also be psychi ...
New! Alien Long Eye Relief eyepieces -Made in Taiwan- Now in stock!
January 7th, 2023 at 11:48 am EDTView onlineJust arrived! Check out these NEW Founder Optics Long Eye Relief eyepieces. Made in Taiwan. High quality and great for eyeglass wearers! In a range of focal lengths from 3mm, 5mm 6mm, 9mm. 12.5mm 14.5mm. All focal lengths in stock right n ...
Happy New Year! What's ahead for 2023?
December 31st, 2022 at 12:05 pm EDTView onlineAs we enter the year of 2023, there is much too look forward too as an amateur astronomer . The plethora of equipment choices for the amateur astronomer are unrivalled. You and I have never had it better. I am primarily a visual observer a ...
Survival guide to the Holidays! Merry Christmas
December 25th, 2022 at 12:29 pm EDTView onlineHello Friend The holiday season can be a frantic time for many of us. This year was a post-pandemic wild ride, with a roller coaster up and down experience. I believe most people were affected. If you weren't consider yourself fortunate. W ...
Hot deals for a Hot Summer!
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God throwing asteroids at earth?
June 19th, 2022 at 2:26 pm EDTView onlineHello Friend First off, A very happy Father’s Day to all of the Dads out there. Hey you know, for you guys out there who aren’t Dads it’s one of the toughest best jobs and out there. It’s also a lot of responsibility. Being the gra ...
New hard to get stock arrivals this week!
June 1st, 2022 at 2:04 pm EDTView online The image above is of one of the Founders of the Celestron company,Tom Johnson was the optical brains behind the Schmidt Cassegrain telescopedesigned that revolution the hobby of amateur astronomy. We have received some hard to get produc ...
New! Celestron Dobsonians 8" & 10" with Starsense technology!
May 4th, 2022 at 12:50 pm EDTView onlineSome exciting news for Spring! One of the biggest problems with Dobsonians for beginners and advanced amateur astronomers is being able to pinpoint them onto the object of your choice. Chiropractors love basic dobsonians for this reason, b ...
New from Celestron! Aluminum dew Shields with Cover Cap to protect your investment
April 13th, 2022 at 5:08 pm EDTView onlineNew! Celestron Aluminum DewShields to protect your telescope investment!{{LOOP "ecommerce" "key_ec" "value_ec"}}{{IF "(key_ec STRING_EQ 'shops')"}}{{LOOP "value_ec" "shop"}}{{LOOP "shop" "key" "shop_value"}}{{IF "((key STRING_EQ 'id') LOGI ...