Primers and Tutorials

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1. Primer: Understanding night vision, averted gaze and telescope tapping 1 2 3 4 5

   By Breakintheclouds, October 26, 2009
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   • Second Time Around
   • April 28

2. Primer - planetary imaging with a Toucam

   By MartinB, March 8, 2006
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   • MartinB
   • March 8, 2006

3. Object list indexed by constellation 1 2 3

   By Doc, June 13, 2009
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   • lifeonmars
   • August 25, 2012

4. Understanding distances, star birth and death 1 2

   By ASIGN_Baz, May 30, 2010
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   • crazymartini
   • June 24, 2014

5. Primer - Choosing a Telescope 1 2

   By Rob, September 20, 2005
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   • drguybs
   • January 25, 2014

6. Primer: Understanding and choosing eyepieces

   By Andrew*, May 19, 2008
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   • Andrew*
   • May 19, 2008

7. Primer: Planetary filters guide.

   By GazOC, November 10, 2005
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   • GazOC
   • November 10, 2005

8. Registax5.1 & DBK21 or Colour cam Tutorial

   By Kokatha man, August 11, 2010
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   • paraman
   • November 24, 2010

9. Star Hopping - How to find anything from SGL6 1 2

   By mdstuart, April 5, 2011
   • 48 replies
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   • JOC
   • December 23, 2016

10. Primer - HEQ5 Synscan upgrade

    By Ant, April 21, 2008
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    • chris_suffolk
    • January 21, 2015

11. Primer - Understanding and Choosing Filters for Visual Use

    By Andrew*, July 26, 2009
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    • Andrew*
    • July 26, 2009

12. Primer - Telescope Types

    By Rob, September 20, 2005
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    • Rob
    • September 20, 2005

13. Primer - Registax tutorials (old & new)

    By Jamie, October 28, 2006
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    • themos
    • October 3, 2007

14. Primer - Astronomy with Binoculars

    By Rob, September 20, 2005
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    • Adrius
    • October 1, 2005

15. Primer - Focal Lengths and Ratio's

    By Kaptain Klevtsov, November 15, 2006
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    • Kaptain Klevtsov
    • November 15, 2006

16. Primer- An aid to lunar observing

    By geppetto, February 1, 2007
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    • geppetto
    • February 1, 2007

17. Eyepiece Calculator

    By brympton, September 16, 2008
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    • brympton
    • September 16, 2008

18. Primer - Messier Catalog

    By daz, October 8, 2005
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    • daz
    • October 8, 2005

19. Practical Astronomy for the disabled

    By iancandler, December 26, 2007
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    • iancandler
    • December 26, 2007

20. GRB's A Primer-Part two: Some theories.

    By Astroman, July 13, 2005
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    • Astroman
    • July 13, 2005

21. Primer - Gamma Ray Bursts, Part One:History

    By Astroman, July 13, 2005
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    • Astroman
    • July 13, 2005

22. Primers/tutorials on image calibration, levels and curves, signal to noise.

    By RobH, December 4, 2010
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    • michaelmorris
    • December 4, 2010

23. Collimation of an SC telescope

    By alan potts, May 29, 2014
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    • todd8137
    • June 8, 2014

24. Adding comets, asteroids and small bodies to Stellarium. 1 2

    By JB80, August 26, 2011
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    • The Warthog
    • April 12, 2017

25. How to polar align with HEQ5 and EQ6 mounts, and SynScan 3.11+ 1 2 3 4

    By Breakintheclouds, November 11, 2009
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    • obscura
    • June 29, 2012