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How To Avoid The Agony When Buying Your First Telescope
Buying your first telescope can quickly become a daunting task when faced with so many choices and unfamiliar terms. With everything from cheap department store telescopes to computerized models and...
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A Picture-Perfect Starry Night with Sky Guide for iOS
If you have ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what that particular shinning dot is, you don’t need to look any further than your iPad for the answer. There are a plethora of choices for...
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Astro-Tech 6″ Ritchey-Chrétien Unboxing
Unboxing and first impressions of the AT6RC. I won’t make you wait with anticipation: This telescope looks awesome. I’ve been looking at these Astro-Tech RC telescopes longingly for a few months now,...
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Astro-Tech 6″ Ritchey-Chrétien Imaging Review
You may have seen my first impressions and unboxing of this telescope. After having a few good nights of imaging to test it out, I’m happy to say it has lived up to expectations. Why choose a...
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Astro-Tech 65 ED Quadruplet Astrograph
I started writing a review of this scope back in early 2014. Now, in January 2015, I see these scopes are no longer available new. I actually wound up returning mine due to optical defects. (Kudos to...
View ArticleThe Best DSLR Cameras for Astrophotography
If you are looking to buy a new DSLR for Astrophotography, this article offers some recommended cameras and some of the features to look for in an astrophotography DSLR. ANY relatively modern DSLR will...
View ArticleCelestron CGEM Mount Hypertune
This article covers my experience performing a Hypertune on my Celestron CGEM mount, and what lead me to do so in the first place. I bought my CGEM second hand, but it’s a relatively new (less than a...
View Article2016 Telescope Gift Guide
Welcome to our 2016 Telescope Gift Guide! This article was a collaboration between Jon Groubert with his Light Polluted Astronomy blog and Sorin (aka the Soggy Astronomer). Jon has been an active...
View Article2017 Telescope Buyers Guide
Welcome to the 2017 Telescope Gift Guide! This article is an updated version of one we published last year as a collaboration between Jon Groubert with his Light Polluted Astronomy blog and Sorin (aka...
View ArticleDo you need an Astro-Modified Camera?
Canon offered astro-modified versions of a couple of their cameras in years past, the 20Da and 60Da. Nikon in 2015 introduced the D810a, and now Canon is rumored to be making their return to the Astro...
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