Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice

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1. This needs collimation, right? 1 2 3 4

   By szymon, September 4, 2014
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   • Moonshane
   • September 12, 2014

2. Cooling fan power supply

   By davedavedave, September 10, 2014
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   • Charic
   • September 11, 2014

3. Cleaning objective lenses - yes or no?

   By jnb, September 11, 2014
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   • CCD Imager
   • September 11, 2014

4. hot or cold

   By grahamgarbutt, September 11, 2014
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   • Earl
   • September 11, 2014

5. Astrophotography

   By Sennbix, September 10, 2014
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   • TiTanecd
   • September 11, 2014

6. Silica gel sachet replacement

   By trynda1701, September 11, 2014
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   • Skipper Billy
   • September 11, 2014

7. Eyepieces

   By gib77, September 10, 2014
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   • gib77
   • September 11, 2014

8. QSI 632 Adapter to Starligth Xpress AO unit

   By carlosgib, September 10, 2014
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   • carlosgib
   • September 10, 2014

9. Are polarscopes 'universal' fitting?

   By RT65CB-SWL, September 10, 2014
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   • pete_gamby
   • September 10, 2014

10. SW 9x50 right angled erecting finderscope - worth purchasing? & Telrad question :-)

    By SpoonyPizzas, September 9, 2014
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    • SpoonyPizzas
    • September 10, 2014

11. upgrade

    By daz01968, September 10, 2014
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    • NGC 1502
    • September 10, 2014

12. How to move my SW 200P & EQ5 mount

    By almcl, September 10, 2014
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    • PorkyB
    • September 10, 2014

13. Collimation of refractors

    By Moonshane, September 10, 2014
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    • nightfisher
    • September 10, 2014

14. Reflector questions

    By cutepetgroomer, September 10, 2014
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    • LukeSkywatcher
    • September 10, 2014

15. Battery charging?

    By JG777, September 10, 2014
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    • JG777
    • September 10, 2014

16. Local Mean Sidereal Time - Alignmaster

    By beamer3.6m, September 10, 2014
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    • beamer3.6m
    • September 10, 2014

17. Help with power cable; Torberry adaptor?

    By davedownsouth, September 9, 2014
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    • Tinker1947
    • September 10, 2014

18. Advice on aligning a Celestron star pointer finderscope

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

19. Dob Owner Shifting to GEM for Astrophotog.

    By RogerOfHeaton, September 8, 2014
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    • Herbig
    • September 9, 2014

20. SW 80ED vs Equinox 80

    By Imd, January 10, 2014
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    • m37
    • September 9, 2014

21. Christmas Budget - EP upgrade or new toys?

    By rolpol, September 7, 2014
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    • m37
    • September 9, 2014

22. Newbie with the night sky

    By Jupiter_13, September 8, 2014
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    • m37
    • September 9, 2014

23. Tal 125 apo

    By Robbie63, September 9, 2014
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    • John
    • September 9, 2014

24. Switching from Dob mount to GEM

    By Ally8446, September 7, 2014
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    • Astrosurf
    • September 9, 2014

25. Telrad on an ED80

    By Lee_P, August 30, 2014
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    • Astrosurf
    • September 9, 2014