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1. Journal App

   By Robmo, November 9, 2016
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   • mikeyj1
   • November 10, 2016

2. Looking for a new telescope

   By keme, October 23, 2016
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   • Knight of Clear Skies
   • November 7, 2016

3. pleides Can't get my focus right for Pleiades

   By Glimpse111, November 5, 2016   

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   • Peter Drew
   • November 6, 2016

4. To cap or not to cap?

   By Adam coffee man, November 1, 2016
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   • N3ptune
   • November 5, 2016

5. Ugly spots on my new SW 120ED front lens ???? 1 2

   By Daniel Brousseau, September 26, 2016
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   • N3ptune
   • November 5, 2016

6. Binary Stars

   By Corkeyno2, October 28, 2016
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   • Moonshane
   • November 1, 2016

7. Forum Question - Unread Posts in Topic

   By Rick Towns, October 30, 2016
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   • Rick Towns
   • October 30, 2016

8. cooling 8 inch skywatcher newtonian

   By buddyjunior, October 17, 2016
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   • Charic
   • October 30, 2016

9. Printing Astro-images

   By adavies660, October 24, 2016
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   • PorkyB
   • October 30, 2016

10. Brand new first ever Telescope 1 2

    By Louise Hicks, October 10, 2016
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    • JemC
    • October 29, 2016

11. NEQ6 backslash

    By syxbach, October 28, 2016
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    • Hadron
    • October 29, 2016

12. Daytime

    By quimby44, October 29, 2016
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    • xtreemchaos
    • October 29, 2016

13. It's all so HEAVY. 1 2 3

    By SteveBz, August 23, 2016
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    • SteveBz
    • October 28, 2016

14. Were should I sell my telescope?

    By wendell100, October 27, 2016
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    • ollypenrice
    • October 27, 2016

15. Light Pollution

    By Corkeyno2, October 26, 2016
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    • Dave In Vermont
    • October 27, 2016

16. Problems focussing Skywatcher 250 Flextube

    By RolandKol, October 23, 2016   

    • collimation
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    • astronymonkey
    • October 25, 2016

17. Altitude Adjustment Limitation EQ5

    By Raviv, August 17, 2011
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    • Thalestris24
    • October 24, 2016

18. Crosshairs AFTER laser collimation / NEWTONIAN 150/750 1 2

    By JonKennedy, October 20, 2016   

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    • Davesellars
    • October 24, 2016

19. Cant focus a skywatcher 250 auto

    By roba, October 25, 2011
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    • RolandKol
    • October 24, 2016

20. Problem running Stellarium

    By Alastair Smith, January 30, 2016
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    • RT65CB-SWL
    • October 24, 2016

21. Battery requirements

    By oobydooby, September 17, 2016
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    • Astrofriend
    • October 22, 2016

22. EQ5 power supply

    By Mr Flibble, August 1, 2011
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    • Astrofriend
    • October 22, 2016

23. Understanding the equatorial coordinatesystem.

    By jeroen79, October 21, 2016
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    • jeroen79
    • October 21, 2016

24. Full time freelance astronomy educator?

    By Rhushikesh-Canisminor, October 20, 2016
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    • brantuk
    • October 21, 2016

25. Advice needed on telescope

    By kecsap, September 12, 2016
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    • happy-kat
    • October 21, 2016