VMC110L w/Porta II
By Hugh Peck
11/11/2009
Mostly good Chinese made scope with just a couple of irritations.
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Meade ETX-LS - Part One - First light and first impressions
By John Kramer
11/4/2009
This is part one of a multi-part review of Meade's ETX-LS. Part one will focus on the initial impression of this new telescope from Meade.
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Nexstar 11 GPS in EQ Mode w/ tag-on Orion Express
By Ronald Abraham
10/10/2009
A unbeatable combo for Oklahoma's rare great nights.
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Meade ETX-LS 6"ACF
By Daniel Evans
8/26/2009
An unbiased review!
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SCT Collimation under Adverse Circumstances
By Greg Nowell
6/27/2009
Disassembly, transport, and other adjustments to SCTs may result in gross miscollimation, where no "classic doughnut" is available to help in the adjustment process. Bad seeing also results in "bad doughnuts" which make collimation difficult. This article addresses these conditions, and provides some further pointers on SCT collimation.
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CPC800 a great buy!
By Mike Sheron
6/24/2009
The CPC800 is just what the astronomer ordered!
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Celestron NexStar 4SE
By Mike Sheron
7/21/2008
4SE is a great begining!
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Removing the Internal Counterweight - Meade 7” Maksutov
By Steve Hollenbach
6/4/2008
Several Meade 7” MAK owners have asked how this is done, including myself, so I did it and wrote it down for your information.
Thanks, Steve Hollenbach
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MN56...
By Ed Moreno
5/7/2008
STill viable???
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The Classic Orange-Tube Celestron C11 revisited
By Robert Piekiel
4/28/2008
If you're searching for a telescope with decent aperture and extreme portability, this Classic Celestron form 25+ years ago might fit your plans better than anything else.
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My Meade 7" LX200GPS Maksutov-Cassegrain
By Patricia Byerly
3/24/2008
A young amateur astronomer finds a winning scope
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ORION 180mm MAKSUTOV-CASSEGRAINIAN
By Lawrence Carlino
3/20/2008
Certainly, a quality APO refractor is a favorite tool of the high-resolution aficionado, and a long-focus Newtonian reflector is also very desirable, but the cost of obtaining an adequate mount for the long and heavy tube assemblies may easily double the price of the telescope alone. This is where compound catadioptric scopes have found their niche in minimizing tube length and weight while still providing excellent image quality.
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Mewlon 250S and EM-400 for Imagers
By John O'Neill
12/29/2007
Imagers may be interested in this scope/mount combo
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The Takahashi Mewlon 250 Dall-Kirkham Revisited
By James Edwards
12/10/2007
Another look at Takahashi’s 10” Mega Scope!!!
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Review of the Celestron C5 “Classic”
By Ed Moreno
9/29/2007
Cute Little Kitten? Or Tiny Tiger…
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Takahashi Mewlon 210 Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain
By James Edwards
8/22/2007
Takahashi’s “Jr.” Mewlon
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Takahashi FRC-300: 1-Year Anniversary
By Melvin Schick
6/4/2007
What changes after one year of use?
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Celestron Celestar 8 (basic)
By Bernard Ferry
2/12/2007
The good, the bad and the good (again)
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Ghost of the Argonaut
By James Barnett
1/26/2007
How does Orion's new 150mm f/12 MCT measure up?
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Meade 12” LX90 LNT SCT Review.
By Raul Medina
10/29/2006
The Big Bang...for the buck.
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Vixen VMC200LDG Catadioptric
By Lawrence Carlino
10/23/2006
The exotic particle of telescopes
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What Was I Thinking!!!
By John O'Neill
9/5/2006
Since this is my second Mewlon 250, I feel well qualified to do this report. I sold my first one, but why, is still a mystery to me.
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Eclipse Makview 4
By Jeffrey Phillips
8/30/2006
Four-inch Maksutov suffers image shift, collimation woes
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Meade LX200R 12” Review
By Jerry Wise
8/23/2006
Testing the new LX200R 12" runs into some QA problems.
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Takahashi FRC-300
By Melvin Schick
7/4/2006
Patience is only a word. Waiting for the experience of high quality imaging with the FRC-300 from Takahashi tested my ability to endure long days of waiting. Was the 7 months waiting for delivery from Japan worth it?
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Celestron C8
By Ed Moreno
4/27/2006
The Rodney Dagnerfield of the telescope world (I just can't get no respect).
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C14 XLT
By Ed Moreno
2/2/2006
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Vixen VMC260L - Astrograph
By keith Shank
12/8/2005
Taking a gamble on the first of a scope can be harrowing, but this gamble paid off and keeps on being a winner.
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Celestron C6-S Schmidt-Cassegrainian
By Lawrence Carlino
11/11/2005
Something borrowed; something new
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Orion Starmax 90
By David Carwile
11/3/2005
cheap, good and fast
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