Subject: Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Dreaming of a White Christmas?
December 18th, 2015 at 1:43 pm EDTHello Friend, Well according to the weather channel this morning, that is what it's gonna be. Just a dream, here in Toronto at least. Now I know those lucky folks down eastern Canada way, will likely get hammered like they do every year. They will be ...
Even James Bond can't help Santa Clause
December 17th, 2015 at 4:27 pm EDTHello Friend, Last night I finally got around to seeing the new James Bond movie 'Spectre'with my sweetie. Why did I wait so long? Well, I knew the mall would be packed with Christmas shoppers who would likelyhave other priorities than watching a mo ...
Gobsmacked again!
December 16th, 2015 at 5:31 pm EDTHello Friend, There have been a number of new telescope models that quietly showed up this year,and here are two that I have been meaning to get out of the boxand have a closer look it. I always like to see new telescope models close up, it is reall ...
Last minute holiday shopping
December 15th, 2015 at 5:22 pm EDTHello Friend, While we are waiting to see whether or not it's going to be a white Christmas or not it's time to think about doing some holiday shopping. I admit to being one of those tardy shoppers who waits until the last minute until I fee ...
Just arrived. Two bright ideas for the holiday season.
December 14th, 2015 at 11:38 am EDTHello Friend, Are you on Santa's "I've been good list" this year? Here's why: There are not many telescopes that come with a custom hard shell carrying case included in the purchaseprice these days. Usually, those cases cost around $200 to buy separ ...
Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project comes to a standstill
December 13th, 2015 at 1:50 pm EDTHello Friend, The project to build the 1.4 billion dollar telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has come to a standstill. The State Supreme court of Hawaii, has invalidated the permit to proceed with constructionof the instrument, due to some issues lo ...
New! Mallincam SkyRaider Deep sky series
December 10th, 2015 at 4:16 pm EDTHello Friend, Rock Mallin has done it again. The NEW Mallincam SkyRaider DeepSky series have arrived at Khanscopes. What is it? Only the very best live imaging video system that is available for amateur astronomers. Available in both Colour http:// ...
Get this before it's gone
December 9th, 2015 at 2:40 pm EDTHello Friend, Sadly this is only a 1 day sale here: But it's a good one. Save 30% on the Explore Scientific 80mm Carbon Fiber Triplet Refractor http://khanscope.com/productdetails.cfm?productID=5099 The offer ends at Midnite tonite December 9th. Clea ...
Help stamp out telescope abuse
December 8th, 2015 at 4:38 pm EDTHello Friend, Ever heard of "telescope abuse?" Sadly we do see it on occasion here at the store, and I am going to share an example of it with you. Last week a customer purchased a telescope. Now that's fine, the only problem is that they were in su ...
Celestron: How their company buyer fumbled the ball
December 7th, 2015 at 4:14 pm EDTHello Friend, I"ll be the first to admit, that it is no easy task being a buyer for a company. In the case of Celestron, well somehow the ball got fumbled somewhere along the way. Who knows why, but at this point it does not matter. See, our job her ...