Subject: Buying a beginner telescope? Don't believe everything you read
Buying a beginner telescope? Don't believe everything you read
December 1st, 2014 at 4:04 pm ESTHello Friend, There's a lot of information about buying telescopes all over the web, and in many booksas well. There is also some information that tends to get repeated over and over that is not neccessarily true, but if it's said enough times, peopl ...
Website is down, but here is the list of Black Friday promotions ending today
November 30th, 2014 at 1:52 pm ESTHello Friend, You know what it's like. You have plans to do something, and then bang, along comes a problem you have to deal with.n Unfortunately, our website is down. And on a Sunday. Oh well, could be worse I suppose. Like watching the CFL Grey Cup ...
Beer found on Neptune size planet?
November 29th, 2014 at 11:56 am ESTHello Friend, Well, no. However, at least one component of beer. Water! Scientists from NASA, utilizing the Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler space telescopeshave discovered underlying hydrogen molecules on an exoplanet, beyond our solar system. How? Cloud ...
The sins of Black Friday
November 28th, 2014 at 12:48 pm ESTHello Friend, I know that a lot of folks are playing hookey from work today. Calling in "sick". How? Cos they were all lined up to head to the mall down the street this morning at 7am. Didn't even bother to stop at Tim Horton's, cos the drive through ...
Black Friday Promotions
November 27th, 2014 at 4:48 pm ESTBlack Friday Promotions Here are some super deals for Black Friday: Reg Price. Sale Price You Save Meade ETX 80AT (refurbished) computerized telescope $339 $249 $75! ...
25% off Explore Scientfic products till December 3rd
November 26th, 2014 at 3:43 pm ESTHello Friend, This is just a rock solid, genuine savings sale. If"" grandma got run over by a reindeer", it's because she was rushing from her car to take advantage of this deal! Now, there are just a few conditions to this stellar promotion, and her ...
Alan Hale celebrates 50 years with Celestron
November 25th, 2014 at 4:45 pm ESTHello Friend, It's hard to believe that Celestron has been around for over 50 years. Even harder to believe is that one of the founders of the company, Alan Halecontinues to work as a consultant with the telescope and optical manufacturer. Way back ...
Time is running out
November 24th, 2014 at 3:43 pm ESTHello Friend, Dagnabbit Muskie! As Deputy Dawg was so fond of saying........ Time's running out on the FREE SHIPPING offer for the Sky watcher star adventurer. Looking for an ultra compact equatorial tracking platform? Then step into the land of the ...
Want an easy introduction to Astrophotography?
November 22nd, 2014 at 12:34 pm ESTHello Friend, A lot of folks want to get into astrophotography, but get discouraged that they may have to invest a lot of money and time to get some good results. I just read the review in the November/December issue of Skynews magazine of probably o ...
Chief scientist for the Philae lander mission, gets busted
November 21st, 2014 at 4:45 pm ESTHello Friend, Matt Taylor, one of the chief scientists for the robot spacecraft Philae, that recently landedon Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko you might recall, wore a shirt that apparently offended some hardnosed feminists, who made a huge deal about t ...