Getting Started General Help and Advice

22,608 topics in this forum

1. Celestron CG5 GT Mount - bent rear latitude adjustment

   By Alan Conroy, May 1, 2015
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   • ScottyT42
   • April 15, 2016

2. Collimation

   By Herzy, April 7, 2016
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   • opticalpath
   • April 15, 2016

3. Viewing the sun

   By Gazmill, April 10, 2016
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   • Floater
   • April 15, 2016

4. Observing transit of mercury 2016

   By Mycoolsky, April 12, 2016
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   • OneEyedSam
   • April 15, 2016

5. im at the crossroads re eyepiece/barlow

   By iwols, April 15, 2016
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   • iwols
   • April 15, 2016

6. Solar Filter

   By joncrawf, April 14, 2016
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   • Floater
   • April 15, 2016

7. tracking problems with my telescope

   By keiwein1, April 12, 2016
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   • baggywrinkle
   • April 13, 2016

8. Sleep

   By KansasDon, March 30, 2016
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   • chiltonstar
   • April 12, 2016

9. Red Dot finder help...

   By malnuman, April 5, 2016
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   • Mak the Night
   • April 11, 2016

10. How accurate is Stellarium for Satellites?

    By dav1d, June 2, 2012
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    • Steve Ward
    • April 11, 2016

11. What weather makes for poor seeing conditions?

    By MarkVIIIMarc, April 9, 2016
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    • rubecula
    • April 11, 2016

12. What can a pair of 10x50 or 20x80 binoculars see? 1 2

    By tgkhang262, April 5, 2016
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    • kev100
    • April 10, 2016

13. Is my mirror Ruined? 1 2

    By Squidie, March 30, 2016
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    • Scott
    • April 10, 2016

14. Switching from Dobsonian to Equatorial Mount

    By KlaatuVerataNecto, April 5, 2016
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    • spartan2007
    • April 9, 2016

15. is 5 year old for a scope

    By iwols, April 1, 2016
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    • laser_jock99
    • April 9, 2016

16. celestron Astromaster 114 focal length

    By jonny330, April 5, 2016
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    • laudropb
    • April 6, 2016

17. Star Parties! Where to find them?

    By CosmicOrangutan, April 4, 2016
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    • CosmicOrangutan
    • April 4, 2016

18. Another collimation question...film canister method

    By BeerMe, April 4, 2016
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    • laudropb
    • April 4, 2016

19. Cable ties 1 2

    By Ken82, March 13, 2016
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    • Mark-V
    • April 3, 2016

20. Back pain with the Skywatcher 200p

    By JamesOfThinking, July 6, 2013
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    • Bart
    • April 1, 2016

21. Having bit of a prob with secondary mirror

    By REG78, March 28, 2016
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    • Alan64
    • April 1, 2016

22. Light pollution filter

    By dreamcatcher, March 29, 2016
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    • dreamcatcher
    • March 31, 2016

23. Collimation Question

    By Starwiz, March 28, 2016
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    • Starwiz
    • March 31, 2016

24. Problems viewing planets through my new reflective telescope

    By ME!!, March 30, 2016
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    • Dave In Vermont
    • March 31, 2016

25. Problems viewing planets with my new reflector telescope 1 2

    By robbo765, March 7, 2012
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    • ME!!
    • March 30, 2016