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1. Steve: Observing the Sun with Skywatcher 114

   By Stephen Frost, April 17, 2020
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   • Tomatobro
   • April 17, 2020

2. My Telescope

   By JayA, April 16, 2020
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   • Cornelius Varley
   • April 17, 2020

3. First steps with new telescope

   By Socram, April 12, 2020   

   • venus
   • sattelite
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   • BLUEThumb
   • April 17, 2020

4. New to Astronomy 1 2 3 4 5

   By sarahsmiffy, April 12, 2020
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   • Nicola Hannah Butterfield
   • April 16, 2020

5. North alignment

   By Bry, April 14, 2020
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   • Kev M
   • April 16, 2020

6. Need help buying a telescope!

   By Deltox, April 15, 2020   

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   • Second Time Around
   • April 16, 2020

7. Messed up collimation again

   By Anthony1979, April 14, 2020
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   • Anthony1979
   • April 16, 2020

8. Rocking

   By Guest, April 11, 2020
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   • theropod
   • April 15, 2020

9. sky map

   By stikflote, April 15, 2020
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   • John
   • April 15, 2020

10. synscan help

    By Neil H, April 10, 2020
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    • theeruditefrog
    • April 15, 2020

11. Starfinder scope alignment

    By PaulTACG, April 8, 2020
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    • PaulTACG
    • April 15, 2020

12. Mirror brackets in eyepiece

    By stikflote, April 14, 2020
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    • DaveL59
    • April 14, 2020

13. How to Enter Coordinates into SynScan AZ GOTO Hand controller?

    By Deep_Space, April 13, 2020
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    • Cornelius Varley
    • April 14, 2020

14. Recommended setup

    By Tjk01, April 13, 2020
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    • Tjk01
    • April 13, 2020

15. setting up findascope - can't see red dot

    By huggy, March 30, 2020
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    • Neil H
    • April 13, 2020

16. Best app

    By Beardy30, April 12, 2020
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    • Beardy30
    • April 12, 2020

17. Mak 127 tripod

    By MrGuGuZai, April 11, 2020   

    • tripod
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    • Louis D
    • April 11, 2020

18. Stellarium won't open

    By WilliamAstro, April 10, 2020
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    • John
    • April 10, 2020

19. navigation on the moon

    By CJ44, April 8, 2020
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    • johninderby
    • April 9, 2020

20. Anyone from Teesside? 1 2

    By mrjaffa, May 3, 2014
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    • Cyclops
    • April 9, 2020

21. Skywatcher Skymax 90

    By fairyhippopo, April 3, 2020   

    • maksutov
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    • RT65CB-SWL
    • April 8, 2020

22. 90mak or 90 refractor

    By MrGuGuZai, April 7, 2020   

    • maksutov
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    • theropod
    • April 8, 2020

23. 130 pds focuser

    By steviebee, April 6, 2020
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    • steviebee
    • April 6, 2020

24. What do you find to be your most usable scope? 1 2 3

    By Tiago, April 3, 2020
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    • Tiago
    • April 5, 2020

25. Strange mark on eyepiece

    By Neil H, April 4, 2020
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    • Neil H
    • April 5, 2020