Subject: "I don't want to learn the night sky", she exclaimed.
"I don't want to learn the night sky", she exclaimed.
February 22nd, 2016 at 5:25 pm EDTHello Friend, As you might imagine, we get all kinds of customers coming through the store,. One lady that came in had an Meade LX10 SCT model telescope, which was a manual telescopewhich she had had for over 15 years. A little bit older now, she j ...
How to get your 13 year old daughter off facebook
February 20th, 2016 at 1:39 pm EDTHello Friend, It's amazing how much time kids (and adults) spend mucking around onFacebook with so called "friends". According to some stats. I read recently, while someone may very have1000 facebook friends, they likely only have about 3-4 real fri ...
A quick and dirty finderscope?
February 19th, 2016 at 4:34 pm EDTHello Friend, Nothing like "quick and dirty", But that also means "hack job". Not so good when you are in a hurry to get something to work. Like trying to find objects in the night sky. Sometimes, you want to get there quickly if you already know th ...
Go Big or go home
February 18th, 2016 at 4:32 pm EDTHello Friend, One of the biggest problems with observing faint deep sky objects, such as galaxies and nebulaesis the you really cannot see a whole lot, with a small aperture telescopes. It is simple physics: You simply gotta have aperture to see ...
Easiest way to learn astrophotography
February 17th, 2016 at 3:23 pm EDTHello Friend, Many people are terrified of doing astrophotography. They think that there is some kind of magic voodoo oil, that must be dispensed, and thenchants and prayers, with baying wolves for it to all happen. Ok, I am exaggerating, but I hear ...
Local Amateur astronomer shows you how to save moolah
February 16th, 2016 at 4:02 pm EDTHello Friend, With the dreary and cold winter weather lately, the best thing to do is to grab a good astronomybook and curl up by the fireplace (if you have one). That is what I have been doing lately. Fortunately we do have a wood burning fireplace ...
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 ...