Getting Started General Help and Advice

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1. Essential reading for those who are thinking about getting into Astronomy ! 1 2 3 4 12

   By John, January 2, 2009
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   • maddog
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2. Newcomers Feedback 1 2 3 4 28

   By daz, December 28, 2007
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   • Justin richens
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3. Eyepieces - the very least you need. 1 2 3 4 26

   By The Warthog, May 29, 2009
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   • ED Splitter
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4. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary of Terms

   By Ant, April 8, 2011
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   • dawntsai
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5. Damping down time HEQ5

   By Albir phil, 23 hours ago
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   • bosun21
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6. Stars or Galaxies

   By Goldfinger, 20 hours ago
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   • Albir phil
   • 20 hours ago

7. Would you believe

   By Lightfoot, May 9
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   • M40
   • Friday at 15:30

8. telescope query

   By john willis, March 22
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   • PeterStudz
   • Friday at 09:08

9. Astro Essentials Eye pieces.

   By RyanL, May 18
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   • bomberbaz
   • Thursday at 10:18

10. Starsense GPS

    By Happysolderer, May 21
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    • Happysolderer
    • May 21

11. Wanting to get closer to the features of the moon

    By DPF, May 16
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    • AstroMuni
    • May 19

12. Astrophotography at home

    By alecras2345, May 1
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    • Shimrod
    • May 17

13. Advice

    By nikooo, May 8
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    • JOC
    • May 15

14. How safe do you feel? 1 2 3 4 5

    By Samop, February 28
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    • Greymouser
    • May 14

15. Will these work together

    By cviacona, May 12
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    • michael8554
    • May 12

16. Signature line

    By Models By Night, April 4
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    • PatientObserver
    • May 9

17. Which Telescope?

    By Stephen Frost, May 8
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    • Mike Q
    • May 8

18. SynScan controller - star alignment not working correctly

    By Shaney 01, May 3
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    • wookie1965
    • May 4

19. Collimated my Celestron Evo SCT for the first time tonight

    By StarDuke82, May 3
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    • StarDuke82
    • May 3

20. Celestron Evo 6 WiFi question.

    By gary756, March 15
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    • StarDuke82
    • May 3

21. Need help identifying a star for alignment purposes

    By StarDuke82, April 29
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    • StarDuke82
    • May 3

22. Yahoo, my first observe!!!!

    By Samop, May 1
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    • Samop
    • May 2

23. Help with screw size for Slokey 40070

    By Sypher37, April 8
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    • malc-c
    • May 1

24. Astro images

    By alecras2345, April 28
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    • tomato
    • April 30

25. Books and Reference Material

    By LDW1, April 29
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    • Zermelo
    • April 29