Subject: Help! The Sun is following me.....
Help! The Sun is following me.....
August 21st, 2015 at 3:48 pm ESTHello Friend, On the odd occassion we get some very strange people dropping by the retail store. I am not sure where they come from, or if they should be out on the streets at all, butin Toronto, there are certainly some strange birds. For example, ...
Same Bat Channel, Same Bat time
August 19th, 2015 at 3:22 pm ESTHello Friend, If you are old enough to remember the old Batman series from the 1960's starring Adam West,as campy as it was, you know that one of the best characters in that particular show was none other than Batgirl, (Yvonne Craig). Sadly, actres ...
Post Starfest Special
August 18th, 2015 at 3:54 pm ESTHello Friend, While doing our best to stay cool in the hot sun at Starfest, in between flurries of customers and whiledemonstrating a pair of Celestron Granite 10 x 50 pair of binoculars, I was almost certain I observedanother vendor pulling out a q ...
Starfest Report
August 17th, 2015 at 5:27 pm ESTHello Friend, As I always say, when it comes to star parties, you can never be sure of what to expect when you goand Starfest, held in Mount Forest, Ontario this year was no different. Some folks wait till the last minute, and decide to show up de ...
A complete Delite
August 12th, 2015 at 2:41 pm ESTNew!ﾠJust arrived.... ﾠTelevue Deliteﾮ Eyepieces ﾠ ﾠ ﾠ ﾠ The DeLite series is a lightweight! 62ﾺ apparent field of view 20mm of comfortable eye relief unique sliding/ locking eye guard Slim profile, ideal for bino-viewing setup ...
Observing the Sun safely
August 10th, 2015 at 4:19 pm ESTHello Friend, There are essentially two different types of Solar observations available for the amateur astronomer today. They are: 1) White light solar Viewing 2) Hydrogen Alpha (H-Alpha) Solar viewing. I will discuss white light today: White light ...
Big Scope. Little Hassle.
August 8th, 2015 at 1:02 pm ESTGood news folks: We've got the Meade Lightbridge Dobsonians on sale right now. Big Aperture, and Portable to boot. * 10 inch lightbridge on sale here! "http://khanscope.com/productdetails.cfm?productID=1193" ! * 12 inch Lightbridge on sale here! ...
Skywatcher New mount now on sale
August 6th, 2015 at 4:57 pm EST2015 New Product! EQ/AZ-EQ5 Skywatcher Mount Make your observing/imaging life easier with this ﾠfull featured mount. Featuring: Payload: 15k Foldable pier stand PPEC & Freedom find Shutter release control Autoguider Port...and more! Regular P ...
Planning to attend Starfest?
August 5th, 2015 at 4:01 pm ESTHello Friend, Well it's hard to believe. Already it's August and the Starfest annual Star Party will be here in a little over a week, once again. If you are planning on attending it's the weekend of August 14th to 16th, and being heldin Mount Fo ...
A Real quickie today
August 4th, 2015 at 11:46 am ESTHello Friend, If you have considered the idea of observing the Sun, using a whitelight filter, here is a great wayto get started. Lunt Solar Systems has just released a new compact pair of binoculars which are idealfor easy and safe solar observation ...