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Have you oiled your telescope today?

do these CCD necessarily have to be competitors?

Yes, Tommy, there is a good 4" short focus achromat.

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...

"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.

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.

A perfect 16" mirror? If not, its pretty darn close!

Imagine having the chance to spend a whole summer showing kids the universe through your own scope and getting paid for it.....

A recent outing with my telescope has me pondering human behaviour

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!!!

How far away can your telescope resolve newspaper print?

Between Evolution and Intelligent Design: Can There Be Compromise?

Can our imagination really take us to the stars?