Getting Started General Help and Advice

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1. Nexstar SLT advice!

   By WilliamAstro, June 24, 2020
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   • Cosmic Geoff
   • June 24, 2020

2. What a result

   By Beardy30, June 24, 2020
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   • John
   • June 24, 2020

3. Dots on DSLR

   By Kenboy, June 20, 2020
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   • CloudMagnet
   • June 22, 2020

4. Collimation for a newbie 1 2

   By Dannomiss, June 18, 2020
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   • Pixies
   • June 19, 2020

5. Question.. Baader 2” cliklock for Altair prism diagonal

   By Dantooine, June 19, 2020   

   • diagonal
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   • Dantooine
   • June 19, 2020

6. Memory Cards

   By flaxman, June 17, 2020
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   • RT65CB-SWL
   • June 17, 2020

7. choosing a finder scope

   By Edward Dewolf, June 13, 2020
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   • x6gas
   • June 17, 2020

8. Star alignment Synscan laptop

   By dazza007, June 14, 2020
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   • AstroMuni
   • June 16, 2020

9. Book recommendations

   By Beardy30, June 5, 2020
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   • HollyHound
   • June 14, 2020

10. Eyepiece maintenance

    By Stardaze, June 6, 2020
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    • Stu
    • June 13, 2020

11. Pointers for setting up and aligning Scope

    By JMarkJ, June 10, 2020
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    • JMarkJ
    • June 13, 2020

12. Reccomend me a collimator for sw 300p dob 1 2

    By djpaul, June 11, 2020
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    • garryblueboy
    • June 12, 2020

13. Secondary mirror damage on new scope 1 2 3

    By Jonny_H, May 5, 2020
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    • Louis D
    • June 11, 2020

14. Software for MacOs

    By JMarkJ, June 9, 2020
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    • Tenor Viol
    • June 10, 2020

15. ADVICE on Eyepiece Brand / model

    By Sreesha74, June 7, 2020
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    • Stardaze
    • June 8, 2020

16. Sky-Watcher 250PX versus SCT/MCT

    By doubledoubleswifty, May 7, 2020
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    • Owmuchonomy
    • June 6, 2020

17. Vendor eyepiece description

    By Skinnypuppy71, May 29, 2020
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    • Tenor Viol
    • June 6, 2020

18. Turn left at Orion book

    By Dannomiss, June 3, 2020
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    • Tenor Viol
    • June 6, 2020

19. Issues when aligning mount

    By Ryan Adams, June 1, 2020   

    • alignment problem
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    • Demonperformer
    • June 4, 2020

20. SW 130pds collimation 1 2

    By Anthony1979, June 3, 2020
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    • Anthony1979
    • June 3, 2020

21. How does seeing and light pollution affect which telescope I should use?

    By Entrpy53, June 2, 2020
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    • Dr Strange
    • June 3, 2020

22. Looking for some cheap eyepieces for 200p dob

    By Olli, May 30, 2020
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    • JOC
    • June 3, 2020

23. So I bought a telrad...

    By IB20, June 2, 2020
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    • hadyn42
    • June 2, 2020

24. Replacement PSU for Celestron Power Bank

    By Cocopoob, June 2, 2020
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    • wookie1965
    • June 2, 2020

25. Kayce

    By KAYCE, May 30, 2020
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    • Waddensky
    • June 1, 2020