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1. second scope Just purchased my second scope!

   By Greg6498, April 7, 2019   

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   • eq5
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   • R26 oldtimer
   • April 8, 2019

2. Skywatcher 130P am I doing something wrong?

   By Moons a balloon, April 1, 2019
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   • Ignoro
   • April 7, 2019

3. How “cloudy” should a new telescope mirror be?

   By sockatume, April 1, 2019
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   • veedub1955
   • April 7, 2019

4. National geographic 76/700 telescope

   By Interstellar_Explorer, March 30, 2019
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   • Interstellar_Explorer
   • April 6, 2019

5. Question about Bushnell telescope

   By Interstellar_Explorer, April 3, 2019
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   • Interstellar_Explorer
   • April 6, 2019

6. Sky watcher 180

   By Henryitshenry, March 29, 2019
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   • Ags
   • April 6, 2019

7. Bortle 2 and Bortle 8

   By ZiHao, April 3, 2019
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   • Prolifics
   • April 3, 2019

8. Simple, rough way to measure degrees°

   By MaHa, February 8, 2019
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   • Fothris
   • April 2, 2019

9. Is the Zennox 76x700 any good?

   By Interstellar_Explorer, March 25, 2019
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   • Interstellar_Explorer
   • March 30, 2019

10. Daylight Saving Time - Don't be an April Fool

    By noah4x4, March 30, 2019
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    • Anne S
    • March 30, 2019

11. Notebooks

    By Anthony1979, March 15, 2019
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    • Anthony1979
    • March 28, 2019

12. Buying telescopes

    By ruchbah, March 27, 2019
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    • SIDO
    • March 27, 2019

13. Celestron 127 SLT - Everything seems to be blurred.

    By Dowina, March 25, 2019
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    • cletrac1922
    • March 26, 2019

14. Mirror cleaning

    By Kronos831, March 26, 2019   

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    • RolandKol
    • March 26, 2019

15. Getting angles right.

    By omits, March 23, 2019
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    • Ruud
    • March 23, 2019

16. Beginner mistakes to avoid with your new Celestron Nexstar 6/8SE 1 2 3

    By TRNunes, November 8, 2011
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    • beka
    • March 23, 2019

17. Secondary mirror mechanism: what's in there? (on the Heritage 130p in particular)

    By sockatume, March 16, 2019
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    • bingevader
    • March 19, 2019

18. Whether the weather...

    By Skywatcher130, March 14, 2019
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    • bingevader
    • March 14, 2019

19. Replacement focuser

    By Anthony1979, February 16, 2019
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    • happy-kat
    • March 13, 2019

20. Buying new telescope.

    By arrturro, March 11, 2019
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    • Gfamily
    • March 13, 2019

21. Broken screw

    By Anthonyexmouth, March 9, 2019
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    • Anthonyexmouth
    • March 13, 2019

22. Getting setup

    By Chaza, March 10, 2019
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    • cjdawson
    • March 12, 2019

23. Rigel quick find quality control 1 2

    By Steve Clay, March 8, 2019
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    • AlexB67
    • March 10, 2019

24. Help!!

    By ZiHao, March 9, 2019
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    • ZiHao
    • March 10, 2019

25. Can't get Starry Night 7 and my eyepiece to agree...

    By GeezerGazer, March 2, 2019
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    • Astro Imp
    • March 8, 2019