Getting Started General Help and Advice

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1. What's the big blob in Hydrus?

   By Alastair Rae, August 15, 2012
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   • goolosh
   • August 15, 2012

2. Telescope advice?

   By NeilFawcett, August 15, 2012
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   • iamjulian
   • August 15, 2012

3. Friday 17th (New Moon) - What to look for?

   By richardjpicot, August 15, 2012
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   • valleyman
   • August 15, 2012

4. Carrying a 150 or 200 Dob

   By TheNorthernMonkey, August 15, 2012
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   • LeeB
   • August 15, 2012

5. First Night polar aligned & up and running! or was I?

   By WesB, August 10, 2012
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   • WesB
   • August 15, 2012

6. dark sky sites

   By sam mayo, August 12, 2012
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   • Freff
   • August 15, 2012

7. bins help

   By beanyboy1982, August 14, 2012
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   • crashtestdummy
   • August 15, 2012

8. Spotter Scope for Meade ETX 80

   By S.A.M, August 13, 2012
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   • S.A.M
   • August 15, 2012

9. SPC900 and Maximdl

   By zimzimma, August 15, 2012
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   • zimzimma
   • August 15, 2012

10. Which telescope to buy

    By farunj, August 11, 2012
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    • farunj
    • August 15, 2012

11. Rigel Quikfinder

    By bendiddley, August 14, 2012
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    • bendiddley
    • August 14, 2012

12. Switching to AZ from EQ1?

    By KevUU, August 11, 2012
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    • KevUU
    • August 14, 2012

13. first attempt with dss

    By StarRaver, August 14, 2012
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    • JamesF
    • August 14, 2012

14. weather help!!

    By sam mayo, August 12, 2012
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    • crashtestdummy
    • August 14, 2012

15. Cleaning telescope optics

    By hellothere123, August 12, 2012
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    • Scott
    • August 14, 2012

16. Dual Axis Motors

    By andrewfkay, August 13, 2012
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    • Pete Presland
    • August 14, 2012

17. Drive motor for Celestron Astromaster EQ130

    By harrysno1dad, August 13, 2012
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    • Cornelius Varley
    • August 14, 2012

18. Is there a website/tool to sort NGC's by magnitude?

    By Michael1971, August 13, 2012
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    • Michael1971
    • August 13, 2012

19. Eyes on the Sky: August 13 thru August 19

    By magic612, August 13, 2012
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    • paul schofield
    • August 13, 2012

20. Which Red Dot Finder? 1 2

    By bendiddley, August 13, 2012
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    • Tinker1947
    • August 13, 2012

21. Goto mount question

    By Azure, August 11, 2012
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    • Carbon Brush
    • August 13, 2012

22. EQ5 GOTO Advice (Sky Safari Control)

    By andrewfkay, August 13, 2012
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    • andrewfkay
    • August 13, 2012

23. Mystery Scope!

    By Hythlodaeus, August 11, 2012
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    • crazyjedi
    • August 13, 2012

24. difference

    By jaygpoo, August 13, 2012
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    • steve_bham
    • August 13, 2012

25. Easy targets for a (total) beginner?

    By barbusg60, August 12, 2012
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    • Carbon Brush
    • August 13, 2012