Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice

17,690 topics in this forum

1. Meade Help!

   By Canoehat, July 17, 2015
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   • Tony H
   • July 20, 2015

2. Telescope in the conservatory query....

   By Sidereal, July 19, 2015
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   • spaceman_spiff
   • July 19, 2015

3. Another flat question - using an iPad

   By joecoyle, July 19, 2015
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   • xtreemchaos
   • July 19, 2015

4. Not as good as I would like too

   By CedrikG, July 19, 2015
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   • xtreemchaos
   • July 19, 2015

5. Newbie - need advice for getting into imaging with a new telescope

   By Greyze, July 18, 2015
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   • Greyze
   • July 19, 2015

6. Jones-Bird - How to Avoid it

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

7. Which one?

   By lancman, July 18, 2015
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   • happy-kat
   • July 18, 2015

8. New Binoculars

   By Benno, July 18, 2015
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   • LukeSkywatcher
   • July 18, 2015

9. Telrad to replace my finder scope

   By Les S, July 17, 2015
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   • Les S
   • July 18, 2015

10. Idea for temporary 'polar scope'

    By Stub Mandrel, July 17, 2015
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    • Tinker1947
    • July 18, 2015

11. How do you power your mount?

    By johngwheeler, July 15, 2015
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    • skysculptor
    • July 18, 2015

12. EP qualities for f/4.4 or f/5?

    By Alexgopro, July 17, 2015
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    • Charic
    • July 17, 2015

13. My first duff scope!

    By Stratis, July 15, 2015
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    • xtreemchaos
    • July 17, 2015

14. Collimation help!

    By RYan2040, July 15, 2015
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    • acey
    • July 16, 2015

15. SkyWatcher SynScan settings for Namibia

    By Chekov, July 16, 2015
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    • Chekov
    • July 16, 2015

16. Is this a good entry level scope?

    By DsmEvolution, July 16, 2015
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    • Mrbloke
    • July 16, 2015

17. Heq5 Pro Power Supply

    By Ellery, July 16, 2015
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    • Ellery
    • July 16, 2015

18. How to do AzEq6 polar alignment?

    By Dickba, July 13, 2015
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    • jambouk
    • July 15, 2015

19. Stellarium OpenGL 2.1 + Nvidia GEforce 9200m GS

    By Coastliner, July 15, 2015   

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    • Coastliner
    • July 15, 2015

20. Opticstar ARC 152 QUAD

    By avtaram, July 28, 2014
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    • John
    • July 14, 2015

21. Having doubts

    By lancman, July 12, 2015
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    • rwilkey
    • July 14, 2015

22. Can you "piggy back" a spotting scope on a Maksutov?

    By johngwheeler, July 13, 2015
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    • Cornelius Varley
    • July 14, 2015

23. Collimation Worries

    By Les S, July 13, 2015
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    • Les S
    • July 13, 2015

24. Purchasing additional scope advice

    By milkyjoe, July 5, 2015
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    • happy-kat
    • July 13, 2015

25. Skywatcher Skymax 127 SynScan AZ GOTO Finder issue

    By Starcatcher1982, July 13, 2015
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    • Starcatcher1982
    • July 13, 2015