Getting Started General Help and Advice

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1. Considering a Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P Flextube Dobsonian for first telescope....what are the views really like? 1 2

   By Teledope, October 21, 2021
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   • tripleped
   • October 28, 2021

2. star alignment using high power

   By tripleped, October 6, 2021
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   • Zermelo
   • October 28, 2021

3. EQ6-R Pro cable "burn" and ASIAIR Pro issues?

   By varius21, October 26, 2021
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   • varius21
   • October 26, 2021

4. Skywatcher evo guide scope

   By Dinoboy, October 25, 2021
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   • Dinoboy
   • October 25, 2021

5. Yet another newbie ‘what scope’ question! 1 2

   By Matt Ikaruga, September 26, 2021
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   • HiveIndustries
   • October 21, 2021

6. Polar Alignment

   By Ohgodwherediditgo, October 18, 2021
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   • Ohgodwherediditgo
   • October 19, 2021

7. Stand for heritage 150p

   By shaft, September 20, 2021
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   • Xgaze
   • October 19, 2021

8. Sky Safari Plus Sunbeam

   By Epick Crom, October 18, 2021
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   • Voyager 3
   • October 19, 2021

9. Cheap AltAz Mount

   By uminded, October 3, 2014
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   • MrZuiko
   • October 17, 2021

10. Is poor collimation hard to see for newbs?

    By HiveIndustries, October 12, 2021
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    • AstroMuni
    • October 13, 2021

11. Is it really necessary to have a expensive/strong mount for a larger Newtonian reflector for visual ? 1 2

    By wesdon1, October 10, 2021
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    • Franklin
    • October 13, 2021

12. Please help

    By Dave scutt, October 10, 2021
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    • Dave scutt
    • October 10, 2021

13. Newb who is big fan of Dob mounts having trouble with mechanical mounts..

    By HiveIndustries, October 8, 2021
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    • HiveIndustries
    • October 10, 2021

14. How to update my equipment list in my profile

    By jimchelt, October 9, 2021
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    • wulfrun
    • October 9, 2021

15. Access files on RPI over wifi

    By Dazzyt66, September 21, 2021
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    • Dazzyt66
    • October 8, 2021

16. Dew on refractor lense

    By MalcolmM, September 18, 2021
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    • Merlin
    • October 5, 2021

17. View finding HELP needed please

    By Mach13, September 9, 2021
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    • Gfamily
    • October 4, 2021

18. Disappointing view with new 'scope

    By Mark99, September 27, 2021
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    • dweller25
    • September 28, 2021

19. Asteroids

    By Guest, September 28, 2021
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    • Wiu-Wiu
    • September 28, 2021

20. SkySafari app assistance

    By Goose0211, September 26, 2021
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    • Stu
    • September 27, 2021

21. Potential newbie, check my logic please 1 2 3

    By LondonNeil, September 20, 2021
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    • RT65CB-SWL
    • September 23, 2021

22. Celestron 8SE newbie questions 1 2

    By Trevor Matthews, September 7, 2021
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    • Trevor Matthews
    • September 18, 2021

23. Cheshire collimators

    By TonyOwe73242661, September 17, 2021
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    • Alan64
    • September 18, 2021

24. synguide help needed!

    By majestic0110, October 7, 2012
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    • AstroG
    • September 16, 2021

25. plate solving question

    By brrttpaul, September 15, 2021
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    • brrttpaul
    • September 15, 2021