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I looked at the waxing crescent Moon today using a TS Optics 2 variable polarisation filter that I bought recently. The filter was screwed into the...

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I bought last year a TS RC8 (I'm the third owner), but I didn't like how the stars looked like. I collimated it with Cheshire and laser, then...

After deciding where to place the observatory (which by the way wasn't any of the three locations I listed earlier), I finally broke ground and began...

Reading the latest Sky&Tel this morning and an article on a classic Dob got me thinking (always a dangerous thing).

I have a deforked classic C8...

I will make this short. I live in NW Florida, where humidity is high in the summer. Will a Tempest fan introduce moisture in to the scope body? Thank...

I moved from Southern California to central Arizona a few months back. One of the things I hated about the move was giving up my little 'dog house'...

Sometimes I hear complaints about this focusser. After initially working all right it seemed very difficult to service it and people decided to buy a...

So, I've my first goto mount (AVX) and I'm wondering what power tank I should consider.

I'm looking for maybe 5 hours at most, typically 1-3 hours...

Hello everybody,
This afternoon sometime I'll be receiving my new SW Evostar 72 ED, my first refractor. It's shown with a 2 Star Diagonal in the...

Hi all.

So I have a 3.3 RPM synchronous motor for my barn door tracker. Using gears, what would I need to get the RPM down to 1?

Thankyou

Carl

Picked this up as an (almost) complete kit for $20 last week.
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I'm already reusing the mount, tripod, and other...

I'm trying to avoid shelling out big bucks for a Feathertouch focuser. But I can see that that may be in my future.

I thought I had my GSO LF dialed...

So a couple years ago I picked this up for $30

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It was missing the drive motors, controller, eyepiece tray, and finder...

Recently there was a thread titled Barn door tracker? by member maceemiller. It got me to thinking of the one I had made about three years ago and...

I have an Orion RACI finder. Basically I am finding that, whenever it gets cold enough (as it is starting to do now), the RACI literally falls apart....

The draw tubes on my fracs are 2 and 2.5 .
On my AR152 f/6.5, which has a 2 focuser, I notice some dull light circle coming from the inside of the...

Two weeks ago I ordered a piece of Protostar light trap material in the US. Today it arrived. I put it inside a dewcap for the 150 mm achromat and...

Well something to keep your feet warm anyway! I was lucky to get these for a Valentines present this year. All I need now is for the rain to stop!...

SW 127mm Mak/AZ5 with WO bino.

Eyepiece selection change #857

I only look at the Moon with the bino's. OK, maybe a planet or two and M42 on...

Hi Everyone,

I am considering a binoviewer, mostly used with the scope I use most often, my 18UC. There have been multiple binoviewer threads in...

Thinking about buying a Stanley 1000/500 Amp 12v Jump Starter. Need it to run my portable hair dryer for occasional dew on my binoculars. What is...

Astrovetteman asked about my camping observatory which he spotted in my Astroimaging video.

So I thought I'd start a separate thread rather than...