Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice

17,909 topics in this forum

1. Which one?

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

2. New Binoculars

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

3. Telrad to replace my finder scope

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

4. Idea for temporary 'polar scope'

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

5. How do you power your mount?

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

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

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

7. My first duff scope!

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

8. Collimation help!

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

9. SkyWatcher SynScan settings for Namibia

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

10. Is this a good entry level scope?

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

11. Heq5 Pro Power Supply

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

12. How to do AzEq6 polar alignment?

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

13. Stellarium OpenGL 2.1 + Nvidia GEforce 9200m GS

    By Coastliner, July 15, 2015   

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    • Coastliner
    • July 15, 2015

14. Opticstar ARC 152 QUAD

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

15. Having doubts

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

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

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

17. Collimation Worries

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

18. Purchasing additional scope advice

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

19. Skywatcher Skymax 127 SynScan AZ GOTO Finder issue

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

20. Synscan EQ5 Power Supply

    By steviemac500, June 27, 2015
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    • steviemac500
    • July 13, 2015

21. Second hand Celestron 8" + HEQ5 PRO

    By KlaatuVerataNecto, July 13, 2015
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    • KlaatuVerataNecto
    • July 13, 2015

22. Best eyepieces for my scope

    By Cozenebeer, July 13, 2015
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    • brantuk
    • July 13, 2015

23. Mount Confusion

    By Paul73, July 12, 2015
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    • Paul73
    • July 13, 2015

24. Collimating Newton focuser

    By Bender, July 12, 2015
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    • Charic
    • July 13, 2015

25. Have a Celestron Neximage TD35 webcam but having trouble using it....

    By GaryA, July 1, 2015
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    • Blazar
    • July 13, 2015