Getting Started General Help and Advice

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1. Should I attempt to clean the main mirror of my scope?

   By KingsAmis, February 25, 2023
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   • Moonshed
   • February 26, 2023

2. ZWO

   By Figgis, February 23, 2023
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   • scotty38
   • February 24, 2023

3. Celestron Aux Splitter Question Starsense & GPS

   By Trevor Matthews, February 13, 2023
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   • bosun21
   • February 18, 2023

4. Can you see anything significant?

   By kelly324, February 13, 2023
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   • AstroMuni
   • February 17, 2023

5. How big is the Sun compared to a marble?

   By the lemming, February 3, 2023
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   • Zermelo
   • February 13, 2023

6. Clueless (accidental?) beginner

   By Vombatus, February 12, 2023
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   • Gfamily
   • February 12, 2023

7. Meade LX200 EMC 12''

   By Happysolderer, February 12, 2023
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   • michael8554
   • February 12, 2023

8. Missing secondary mirror

   By rammie, February 9, 2023
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   • bomberbaz
   • February 9, 2023

9. Newbie here some questions about collimating flextubes 1 2 3

   By Optic Nerve, February 6, 2023
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   • wookie1965
   • February 9, 2023

10. Beginner need help! Are there any goto's for manual equatorial mount?

    By 12jewlz4u, February 6, 2023
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    • AstroMuni
    • February 7, 2023

11. Color filter + CLS filter?

    By kdahl, January 9, 2023
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    • Veloman
    • February 2, 2023

12. Well, No one is perfect !! 1 2

    By Stu1smartcookie, April 22, 2021
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    • iapa
    • January 31, 2023

13. Complete beginner, need some direction please. Skywatcher explorer 130 eq2

    By fullmoon, January 20, 2023
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    • fullmoon
    • January 29, 2023

14. Spotting scope

    By Navydive, January 29, 2023
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    • Carbon Brush
    • January 29, 2023

15. The Classifieds

    By HarryLP, January 13, 2023
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    • Cornelius Varley
    • January 28, 2023

16. Meridian flip failed? or did it? Advice needed!

    By Quetzalcoatl72, January 25, 2023
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    • Clarkey
    • January 27, 2023

17. StellaLyra 6" f/12 M-CRF Classical Cassegrain Telescope OTA

    By Beardy30, January 18, 2023
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    • Beardy30
    • January 18, 2023

18. HELP PLEASE!! 1 2

    By bosun21, January 13, 2023
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    • bosun21
    • January 17, 2023

19. Eyepiece Magnification Calculator

    By ukskies, December 19, 2022
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    • Wyvern
    • January 14, 2023

20. I Wear Glasses - Eye relief?

    By TomCrewe, January 5, 2023
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    • bomberbaz
    • January 8, 2023

21. streams

    By alecras2345, August 14, 2022
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    • Mandy D
    • January 6, 2023

22. Glossary of astronomical terms -visual

    By cajen2, December 29, 2022
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    • The Lazy Astronomer
    • January 4, 2023

23. Free telescope help

    By notaclue, January 3, 2023
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    • notaclue
    • January 4, 2023

24. Telescopes

    By Spaceman18, January 2, 2023
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    • RT65CB-SWL
    • January 3, 2023

25. Mounting query for Coronado PST

    By Northumbrian Sky-watcher, December 31, 2022   

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    • mand
    • January 2, 2023