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I have heard of these scopes for a few years and even had the opportunity to view the Ring Nebula through one at...
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I have owned a One-Sky for a couple of years now. Back when our club was doing public outreach star parties, I always brought the One-Sky along with...
I have eleven refractors, so I guess I might be a frac-head .:lol: Three of the fracs are the SW Evostar ED series... Two (Yes Two!) 80ED (f/7.5) and...
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Thanks for your review.
My newly bought Evostar (120) didn't make it to my home in mint condition, as a result of the transport. I expect that to be...
A 150 mm Achromat and a 120 mm Apo, a personal review.
by John Baars
Performance of and differences between a 150mm widefield achromat and a...
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Thanks for the review John. 6 Achros despite some of the weaknesses, are excellent scopes for general observing. My 6 frac is out almost every clear...
The Az/Alt fork mount telescope is the ultimate viewing telescope due to its comfortable viewing angles and easy setup procedure but only if its goto...
The inconvenient truth is that the vast majority of DSOs are not found near brighter stars. Of course such placement would make finding them much...
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I read your article with growing interest. I already did some of them and some of them will get lost in the LP-skies here. Nevertheless nice to have...
So, you’ve taken your time to learn the bright stars, and you can point out many constellations, and know...
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Thanks David. For these denizens of the deep, aperture and dark skies are indeed your friend. There are some brighter ones of course that can be seen...
Due to my skies being nothing but clouds, I watched live streams of the Alpha Monocerotids. While the storm didn't happen, it was not what stuck with...
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Alan
If what you say is correct, then John really did give up when he reached the 8/9 threshold. The scale being considered variable is also an odd...
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