Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice

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1. Meade Infinity 102 1 2 3 4 46

   By Ray of LIght, April 2, 2016
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   • Stu
   • July 3, 2016

2. Will 20x50 binoculars be a waste of money

   By floppygoose, December 29, 2012
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   • BinocularSky
   • December 30, 2012

3. 150mm Refractor vs. 200mm Reflector? 1 2

   By planet15, May 8, 2013
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   • Putaendo Patrick
   • June 9, 2016

4. Stellarium operated goto mounts 1 2 3 4 6

   By red dwalf, August 2, 2009
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   • Happysolderer
   • December 30, 2020

5. Help Setting up Vivitar 76700 Telescope Pls

   By alexcartman, July 5, 2015
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   • Astro_Baby
   • July 12, 2015

6. Jones-Bird - How to Avoid it

   By ThomasG, April 13, 2013
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   • Astro_Baby
   • July 19, 2015

7. Two adapter rings screwed tightly together (stuck) - how to best remove? 1 2 3 4

   By Gib007, October 3, 2013
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   • Mando
   • January 21

8. LifeCam VX-5000 as astro webcam

   By mikehab, March 19, 2012
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   • COSMOS1256
   • January 30, 2016

9. Levelling a telescope pier

   By WesB, July 2, 2013
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   • stevebb
   • November 26, 2017

10. Celestron - Evolution, CPC or Advanced VX?

    By gnomus, October 3, 2014
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    • Blazar
    • January 26, 2015

11. Skywatcher Heritage 130P or somthing just a little bit pricier? 1 2 3 4 13

    By ianpwilliams, February 26, 2014
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    • ianpwilliams
    • December 16, 2014

12. Skywatcher GTi mount 1 2 3

    By steve_bham, August 28, 2017
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    • George Gearless
    • January 20, 2019

13. Meade Polaris 130EQ Vs Celestron Astromaster 130EQ Vs Meade Polaris 127EQ

    By Astronomy is kewl, June 1, 2016   

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    • Astronomy is kewl
    • June 3, 2016

14. Will condensation harm my telescope? 1 2

    By Skywise, December 28, 2014
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    • jefrs
    • January 22, 2015

15. Choosing the first telescope: Heritage 130 or Virtuoso 1 2

    By Trillian!, May 24, 2014
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    • happy-kat
    • July 4, 2014

16. SKYWATCHER HERITAGE 150P VIRTUOSO GTI WIFI DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE 1 2 3 4 7

    By going-supernova, September 12, 2021
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    • Barney_exe
    • February 12, 2023

17. Advice on aligning a Celestron star pointer finderscope

    By adair, January 1, 2013
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    • David Newton
    • September 10, 2014

18. 7x50, 10x50 or 20x50 binocular?

    By Markx, August 24, 2018
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    • refractordude
    • August 25, 2018

19. Which RACI finder scope? 1 2

    By emadmoussa, May 31, 2013
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    • ghostdance
    • May 7, 2015

20. Missing instruction manual for Bresser skylux 70/700

    By daydreamer50, March 16, 2015
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    • daydreamer50
    • March 19, 2015

21. How to update various Celestron Nexstar Firmware using Windows 10

    By noah4x4, January 25, 2017
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    • Stefan042
    • November 6, 2018

22. A dobsonian on an EQ mount 1 2

    By Aston Weise, June 12, 2017
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    • Aston Weise
    • June 14, 2017

23. Autoguiding suggestions for Star Adventurer

    By dsullivan, January 7, 2018   

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    • iapa
    • February 26, 2019

24. How to use a celestron astromaster 130 - help please!

    By SPB, January 11, 2013
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    • Terrynak
    • February 2, 2013

25. Connecting Synscan to PC

    By Ulysses31, November 29, 2017   

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    • StuartT
    • May 29, 2021