Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice

17,683 topics in this forum

1. Guidescope: Where should I point it?

   By stillneon, April 3
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   • malc-c
   • April 4

2. Tracking in Stellarium using HEQ5 and EQMod

   By Astrotravelk, February 18   

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   • synscan
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   • AstroMuni
   • April 4

3. Repairs needed

   By MandyW, April 2
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   • Louis D
   • April 3

4. My first telescope

   By Adamito, April 1
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   • bosun21
   • April 1

5. Filters

   By Goldmask, April 1
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   • Clarkey
   • April 1

6. skywatcher eq5 pro handset

   By dougsbir, March 31
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   • dougsbir
   • April 1

7. Birthday gift delimmna

   By cutepetgroomer, November 17, 2022
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   • Carbon Brush
   • April 1

8. Help with GoTo Dob mount slipping/dropping of the scope

   By PlanetGazer, August 14, 2020   

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     • dobsonain
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   • bertone_x19
   • March 30

9. SA-GTi Alignment and Slew Questions

   By mikeofthenorth, March 29
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   • mikeofthenorth
   • March 30

10. Newbie to StarSense AutoAlign

    By Space Manta Ray, March 29
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    • Cosmic Geoff
    • March 29

11. LX90 REMOTE CONTROL

    By BRUCE J, March 28
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    • malc-c
    • March 29

12. Celestron Nexstar hand controller

    By PatrickO, March 28
    • 2 replies
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    • PatrickO
    • March 28

13. Synscan pro wont connect to az eq6 mount

    By crush, March 23
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    • crush
    • March 27

14. Ideas (innovative) to attach battery pack and Raspberry Pi to Manfrotto tripod?

    By stillneon, March 27
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    • stillneon
    • March 27

15. Will the Celestron Inspire 100AZ work with the EQ6-R Pro?

    By capeworks, March 25
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    • Naughty Neal
    • March 27

16. Good equatorial mount for 8SE (EQPro, GCE or other?)

    By fintwin2, March 26
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    • michael.h.f.wilkinson
    • March 26

17. Platesolving issues - Ekos / Skymax 127

    By Matt S, April 7, 2023   

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    • skymax 127
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    • 6 replies
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    • Dazzyt66
    • March 26

18. Barlow lens advice

    By PatrickO, March 26
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    • Kon
    • March 26

19. Sky-Watcher AZ GTi - can’t download MCF firmware file

    By el_hop87, March 24
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    • malc-c
    • March 25

20. Please Delete

    By Midnight_lightning, March 25
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    • Midnight_lightning
    • March 25

21. Things for a noob to do on cloudy nights

    By TiffsAndAstro, March 12
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    • Vroobel
    • March 24

22. Solar Observing: Aperture Question

    By GeezerGazer, March 16
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    • Ags
    • March 23

23. Used Nexstar 6se - couple of questions

    By Wanderers, March 20
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    • LandyJon
    • March 22

24. Selecting a Telescope

    By omni revz, March 22
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    • ollypenrice
    • March 22

25. ASIAIR v1 and EQ6R - OTA would collide with mount while slewing..

    By Mr_Cat, March 16
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    • Elp
    • March 21