Getting Started General Help and Advice

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1. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary of Terms

   By Ant, April 8, 2011
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2. Essential reading for those who are thinking about getting into Astronomy !

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   By John, January 2, 2009
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3. Newcomers Feedback

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   By daz, December 28, 2007
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4. Eyepieces - the very least you need.

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   By The Warthog, May 29, 2009
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5. Bolt for Skywatcher 200P EQ5 GOTO

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6. How bad is my situation (to get inton astronomy)?

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   By StarFiveSky, July 9
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7. Celeston Starsense

   By ST200adz, 5 hours ago
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8. Advice about telescope

   By devdusty, 19 hours ago
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9. The best decision I made when starting out

   By 2Karl, June 22
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10. Exit Pupil vs Max Magnification

    By Shooting star, Saturday at 09:05   

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11. MAK 127 with DSLR on EQ wedged AZ GTI

    By Panda Alvin, July 13
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12. Sky at Night vs Astronomy Now

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    By Probablynot, March 15, 2012
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13. New or old version?

    By JudeHS, June 8
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14. New telescope and eyepieces

    By monetrun, June 23
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15. Is a Bresser 70mm at £40 worth it?

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    By Meerkat, January 29, 2008
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16. Full setup

    By serbiadarksky, July 1
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17. Spectacles for stargazing

    By 25585, June 8
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18. Disconnecting problem

    By serbiadarksky, July 2
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19. First light optics

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    By Adidaz 29, June 29
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20. Which is the best Astronomy Magazine UK

    By Lowen22, June 26
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21. Balancing multiple scopes on the same mount

    By orionoffelt, June 21
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22. blurry image with vivitar 60 x 700?

    By blurhit, June 22
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23. Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT Mak Failing To Align

    By M4lcs67, May 14, 2011
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24. Nexstar 6SE or 4SE for Astrophotography

    By Jason126, June 18   

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25. 1.25" filter advice

    By Philip R, June 17
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