Subject: Bumping and Grinding
Bumping and Grinding
January 10th, 2016 at 4:57 pm EDTHello Friend, If you were under the impression this was going to be some instruction on how to swing yourhips on the dance floor, sorry to have to disappoint you. I am talking more about the bump and grinding that is made when one is making theiro ...
Was I too harsh on beginner telescopes?
January 8th, 2016 at 3:52 pm EDTHello Friend, Yesterday, I wrote about beginner telescopes that are poorly manufactured todayand sold into the mass markets, via the big box and Walmart's of the world. I received this response from newsletter reader, Marc Lafleur: Thanks for this R ...
I cringe whenever I see this
January 7th, 2016 at 12:14 pm EDTHello Friend, Come the month of January many people come into the store with telescopes they received over the holidays, that were usually purchased at a department orbig box store as a well intentioned gift wondering why their scopes do not seemto w ...
Hillary Clinton hunting down the aliens
January 6th, 2016 at 4:25 pm EDTHello Friend, “I think we may have been (visited already). We don't know for sure,” -Hillary Clinton Well, it appears that if Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United Statesshe will pursue the search for alien life. Well, makes perfect ...
New Galaxy discovered with backyard telescope
January 5th, 2016 at 2:01 pm EDTHello Friend, Amateur astronomer Michael Sidonio has discovered a galaxy with a 30cm (12 inch) telescopejust outside of Canberra, Australia. Interestingly he took a prize winning image of NGC 253 which is a known galaxyand a popular one at that, in ...
Control your Celestron telescope with your smartphone and smartdevice
January 4th, 2016 at 12:49 pm EDTHello Friend, One of the really cool things about owning a computerized Celestron telescope is that you are now able to control it with your smartphone/smartdevice. Being tied down to the wired handcontrol of your telescope can be a real pain in they ...
It's my birthday, but you get the presents!
January 2nd, 2016 at 3:07 pm EDTHello Friend, Here is the problem when you have your birthday so close to a major holiday likeChristmas. You usually get "gypped" on the birthday present or you hear statements like"we combined the two gifts" Sure you did! As a kid, I never really be ...
The best New Year's resolution you can make
December 31st, 2015 at 11:35 am EDTHello Friend, With 2015 on it's way out very shortly, I would like to say Thank you for being a Khan Scopecustomer this past year. It has been another great year, and none of that could have happened without each and everyone of you. I wish you a ha ...
Astrologers vrs Astronomers: Sim, solla, Bim!
December 30th, 2015 at 1:51 pm EDTHello Friend, Here is an interesting statistic for you. Did you know that in the USA there are approximately 3,500 astronomers? It sounds great until you find out that there also about 15,000 astrologers. How is that possible you might wonder? Are ...
Trade in your telescope now for the biggest savings
December 29th, 2015 at 2:08 pm EDTHello Friend, Right now is the best time to be trading in your current telescope for a new model orsomething different. Why? Because we have so many great offers available right now to you: Here is a couple or examples: If you purchased a Meade LX90 ...