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Some thoughts refractors versus reflectors.
By daniel mounsey
8/11/2010
Among other things, a shootout between a Takahashi FS152 on a Temma EM200 and a Starmaster 14.5 Hybrid
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"...But who are you?" updated
By Steve Hollenbach
6/7/2010
“No Faith”, “Universal Divinity” or
“I think therefore I am, but who are you?!”
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More About Brandons
By Rick McDaniel
3/20/2010
Response to Robert Morein's Brandon Article
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A Summer Under the Stars
By Darren Drake
1/7/2010
Imagine being responsible for having to satisfy the curiosity of a large group of aspiring young astronomers eager to see the universe and they are on their way to see you....
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Astronomy Clubs - Fundraising, PR, and Recruiting
By Ronald Abraham
11/2/2009
Do we need a new forum?
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Oklahoma Weather - Reprise
By Ronald Abraham
10/26/2009
Difficulty finding holes in Oklahoma's clouds need not discourage people if they work together making lemonade.
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Oklahoma Weather
By Ronald Abraham
9/10/2009
Whether or not you area weathering the weather, the weather is weathering you.
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Astronomy Clubs as Non Profit 501-C Organizations
By Ronald Abraham
8/5/2009
Is your club growing? Shrinking? Here are some thoughts to get you thinking...
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Comments on low cost, long focal length 2” widefield eyepieces
By David Russell
8/2/2009
The market offers many options for low cost wide fields eyepieces, but they don't deliver sharp performance in the outer 20 to 30% of the field. My thoughts and a proposed solution.
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Ultra-Low-Cost Fine-Focus Gear-Reduction Drive
By Ron Masters
5/29/2009
A simple, $15 gear unit can give you a 3:1 focuser reduction drive that will work for any scope.
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Meade 7” Maksutov, …Updated 5-18-09
By Steve Hollenbach
5/18/2009
You might get the impression I’ve become so obsessed with the Meade 7" MAK OTA, that I put too much into it. Yes, I’m really stuck on this one!
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Astronomy Outreach at Camp Eberhart
By Darren Drake
1/19/2009
The Ultimate Outreach experience....
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Meade 7 inch MAK revised
By Steve Hollenbach
12/19/2008
After more work done on Meade's "BIG MAK" I have revised the counterweight article.
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Focal Reducer for Meade 7" MAK
By Steve Hollenbach
6/18/2008
Here's the third article of the three I had planned. Increasing the True Field Of View of the Meade 7" Maksutov.
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Making the most of the Meade 7" MAK
By Steve Hollenbach
6/13/2008
Meade's big MAK has very few drawbacks. Let's get rid of them!
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The Magic Bullet for the SCT
By Ronald Abraham
3/18/2008
Have you oiled your telescope today?
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Monochromatic VS OneShotColor CCD
By dietmar hager
3/9/2008
do these CCD necessarily have to be competitors?
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Can't afford a 4" APO?
By Gary Poliquin
12/17/2007
Yes, Tommy, there is a good 4" short focus achromat.
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SKY-MAP.ORG - How Our Vision was Born
By Konstantin Lysenko
11/29/2007
I have never suffered from a lack of imagination. As a child, I spent many hours dreaming of stories written by Ray Bradbury. I carried books by Clifford Simak and Robert Sheckley to school instead of textbooks. I swore to my parents that I had witnessed first hand the stories described by Isaac Asimov. I considered Stanislav Lem a close relative because my great-grandmother was also from Poland...
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To Survive in the Universe
By Konstantin Lysenko
11/29/2007
"I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet."[1] The SKY-MAP.ORG authors completely share these concerns of Stephen Hawking. The only words we could add are that the greatest threat to the human race is the human race itself.
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A Clean Chip Means Better Images.
By Luke Schmidt
5/16/2007
A few specs of dust on your CCD chip can easily be removed with a flat field, but what happens when the dust grains out number the stars? Cleaning your imaging chip doesn't have to be an ordeal with PecPads and Eclipse Cleaning solution.
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Lightholder 16" F/4.6
By Ralph Ford
2/23/2007
A perfect 16" mirror? If not, its pretty darn close!
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An amateur astronomer's experience at Camp Eberhart
By Darren Drake
12/27/2006
Imagine having the chance to spend a whole summer showing kids the universe through your own scope and getting paid for it.....
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Adult Beginners Astronomy Camp Mt. Lemmon
By Robert Morlan
12/20/2006
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Irrationality as a virtue
By Justin Dildine
10/15/2006
A recent outing with my telescope has me pondering human behaviour
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SHARING THE SUN: A PUBLIC SOLAR VIEWING EVENT ORGANIZED BY B.R.A.S.S.
By ANJAL SHARMA
10/12/2006
The sun is a dynamic and fascinating astronomical target which can hook people onto astronomy. That's exactly what we set out to do by organizing a solar viewing event!!!
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Telescopes and Resolution
By Darren Drake
9/11/2006
How far away can your telescope resolve newspaper print?
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From One Extremist To The Other
By Scott Bennett
6/2/2006
Between Evolution and Intelligent Design: Can There Be Compromise?
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Me & My Barber
By Scott Bennett
5/15/2006
Can our imagination really take us to the stars?
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If you had just one eyepiece, what should it be?
By Michael Covington
12/28/2005
Any serious observer normally has at least half a dozen telescope eyepieces. But if you had to limit yourself to just one eyepiece, what should it be?
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