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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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More About Brandons
By Rick McDaniel
3/20/2010
Response to Robert Morein's Brandon Article
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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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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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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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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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Telescopes and Resolution
By Darren Drake
9/11/2006
How far away can your telescope resolve newspaper print?
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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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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."
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Bifocals for Astronomers
By Michael Covington
11/25/2004
The Author of "How to Use a Computerized Telescope" proposes a solution for "Old Eyes"
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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.
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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.
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