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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.
	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.
	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!
	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.
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.
	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!
The Magic Bullet for the SCT By Ronald Abraham 3/18/2008 Have you oiled your telescope today?
Can't afford a 4" APO? By Gary Poliquin 12/17/2007 Yes, Tommy, there is a good 4" short focus achromat.
	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.
Lightholder 16" F/4.6 By Ralph Ford 2/23/2007 A perfect 16" mirror? If not, its pretty darn close!
	Telescopes and Resolution By Darren Drake 9/11/2006 How far away can your telescope resolve newspaper print?
	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?
	Know Your Coaxial Connectors By Michael Covington 12/28/2005 "The trouble with standards," someone said, "is that there are so many of them to choose from."
	Bifocals for Astronomers By Michael Covington 11/25/2004 The Author of "How to Use a Computerized Telescope" proposes a solution for "Old Eyes"
	A story about a Starmaster EL 11" f/ 5.4 with Zambuto Optics By Tom Hole 11/8/2004 A heartwarming story about me, my Starmaster, an evil magnet, Carl Zambuto and why I am a lifetime ZOC owner.
Push-to v. go-to By Darrell Lee 10/31/2004 It's the old story about the tortoise and the hare, replayed with computerized telescope controllers.