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TSS now has an area for members to post Articles and Reviews.

NOTE: DO NOT POST REVIEW or ARTICLES in this forum section!

There are a few guidelines to follow for your submissions.

Guidelines for Writing an Equipment Review

-Location and Experience Level of the Reviewer, Number of scopes owned
-Type of equipment being reviewed
-Manufacturer and Model of the equipment
-Date of the Review
-Impressions on Usability, Function of the Telescope, Binoculars, Mount, Eyepiece, Camera, or Software
-Collimation Process (if Newtonian) and Binoculars if Applicable and other information such as aligning finder scopes, ease of GOTO, and utility of the mount
-Viewing through the Instrument
-Performance Evaluation on Celestial Objects (Please includes descriptions of viewed objects - planets, moon, deep sky objects such as M42, M13, etc.
-Recommendation for Potential Buyers of the Equipment
-Photo of the Equipment
-We are especially interested in comparison reviews where two or more instruments are being reviewed head to head
-No editorial changes will be made to the article without the author’s consent
-Please be fair in your evaluation, include both good points and compromises made
-We also are interested in multiple reviews of the same product by different authors to provide a sense of context to the reviews and help purchasers make up their minds
-Submissions can be sent to submissions@theskysearchers.com

Guidelines for Writing an Article

-Find a topic you feel TSS members will be interested in.
-Be sure to include photos if they are relevant.
-Research your topic and make sure you have all of the pertinent information relative to the subject.
-Create your draft and double check it.
-Submit to the TSS team for review. Our email for submissions is submissions@theskysearchers.com
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Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.

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We have had a few instances of new topics being created in the Articles and Reviews forum without prior approval by the TSS team. Those topics have moved to the appropriate forum topics. Please be sure to read the guidelines above if you wish to create an article or review.

Thanks for your continued support!!!
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.

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