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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   • John
   • July 12, 2023

2. Eyepieces - the very least you need. 1 2 3 4 27

   By The Warthog, May 29, 2009
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   • Naughty Neal
   • November 27, 2023

3. 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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   • Starchaser1948
   • October 30, 2023

4. Newcomers Feedback 1 2 3 4 28

   By daz, December 28, 2007
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   • Machinetools1
   • November 27, 2023

5. What am I missing? (Celestron Nexstar 127 Mak)

   By BlinneOrlaith, Thursday at 11:40
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   • BlinneOrlaith
   • 14 hours ago

6. Skyportal

   By Donald MacMillan, Monday at 11:41
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   • Shimrod
   • Monday at 16:05

7. Level Your Dobsonian Base Accurately in under 30 Seconds

   By Jim L, April 19
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   • Alan White
   • Sunday at 08:20

8. I don’t know what telescope I have 1 2

   By Replayy, April 17
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   • Xilman
   • Thursday at 19:23

9. Clear outside eh??

   By LondonNeil, April 12
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   • TiffsAndAstro
   • Thursday at 13:39

10. Monetising Astrophotography Shots

    By wildman, April 12
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    • JOC
    • April 15

11. Looking for SE19 hints and tips

    By LondonNeil, April 8
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    • LondonNeil
    • April 8

12. It popped out 1 2

    By Dioardais, April 3
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    • Naughty Neal
    • April 6

13. collimation tool advice

    By DAT, April 3
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    • DAT
    • April 3

14. Bother, that was frustrating!

    By LondonNeil, March 30
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    • Starfazed
    • April 1

15. Observing help

    By alecras2345, March 23
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    • Anonanon
    • March 23

16. Classified Ads

    By quasar117, March 19
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    • Naughty Neal
    • March 19

17. Zwo eaf ?

    By Albir phil, March 11
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    • Ouroboros
    • March 11

18. Astronomical society in my area

    By darthraptor82, March 4
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    • darthraptor82
    • March 7

19. Condensation when bringing equipment back in house.

    By GusTheSadGeek, March 4
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    • doublevodka
    • March 15

20. Dobsonian mirror cleaning? (SkyWatcher Heritage 130p)

    By CharlyLeyequien, March 2
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    • Captain Scarlet
    • March 21

21. EEA / Visual set up

    By Hendog666, March 2
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    • Hendog666
    • March 3

22. will this tripod work with the heq5 its the iopton

    By cards47, February 29
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    • StevieDvd
    • March 15

23. Best smartphone for taking pictures with a sky-watcher heritage 150

    By Billy Bob, February 26
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    • DAT
    • March 17

24. Hi 👋 newbie here

    By Moonlightbaker, February 26
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    • Moonlightbaker
    • February 27

25. My seestar got caught in a rain shower

    By John Edwards, February 24
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    • LondonNeil
    • February 26