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The Telescope Review Web Site - http://www.scopereviews.com/
Beginner's advice and articles, and telescope, eyepiece and accessory reviews. |
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NexStar Resource Site - http://www.nexstarsite.com/
Users guide, observer list, downloads, PC control, firmware, odds and ends, equipment reviews alignment guides, tracking test, and links. |
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Telescope Buyer's Guide - http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org/buyers.htm
Finding a way through the maze of ads, catalogs, claims and counter claims about which is best or the least expensive. |
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The Naperville Astronomical Association - Telescope Calculator - http://www.stargazing.net/naa/scopemath.htm
A javaScript-driven calculator, which will compute the values of a number of paramaters for any telescope and eyepiece combinations entered. |
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How to Buy a Telescope - http://space.about.com/od/telescopesandoptics/ht/telescopehowto.htm
Basics, tips, and accessories with suggested reading and articles. |
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Meade Advanced Products Users Group - http://www.mapug-astronomy.net/
The resource website for the LX200, LX90, LX50, LXD55, Starfinder, and ETX telescopes, and Pictor CCD cameras and imaging software. |
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Amateur Telescope Optics - http://www.telescope-optics.net
Presents information on aberrations, obstruction effects, and reflecting, refracting, and catadioptric objectives, and the eyepiece and eye. |
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How-to Articles - http://www.cloudynights.com/category.php?category_id=71&pr=3
Contains practicals, mounts, eyepiece cases, dew shields, ATM's, star charts, and mini's. |
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http://lxd55.com - http://lxd55.com
Reviews, knowledgebase, gallery, FAQ, message forum, classifieds, store, and links. |
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FAQ About Collimating a Newtonian Telescope - http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Carlin/collimation/
Questions on how important the answers are to the performance of the instrument. |
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Collimating Newtonian Optics - http://www.oarval.org/collimatE.htm
Consists of two steps: aiming the eyepiece axis at the center of the primary, and aiming the primary at the center of the eyepiece. |
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Choosing your Telescope's Magnification - http://www.televue.com/engine/page.asp?ID=140
Selection depends on eyesight, telescope's aperture and optical design, atmospheric conditions, and type and size of the object being viewed. |
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Telescope SA - The Cosmos Through your Eyes - http://www.telescopesa.za.org/TGHMenu.htm
Guides, how to's, and tips. |
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AstroDesigns by Ed Stewart - http://www.mapug-astronomy.net/AstroDesigns/
Accessory designs and information to enhance the SSE of Meade LX200s, Dobsonian reflectors, and other telescopes plus star charts for computerized telescopes. |
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Polar Align your Telescope - http://www.astronomy.net/articles/4/polaralign.html
Balancing the declination axis and the right ascension axis, aligning to north star, and using mount to locate objects. |
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The ETX 70 Homepage - http://astronomy.customer.netspace.net.au
Information for specific support given to users of the Meade ETX 70 Telescope and astrophotography with the LPI/DSI Imagers. |
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The Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Web Site - http://sctscopes.net/
Basics, observing, tips, photo basics, glossaries, and links. |
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Robin Gatter's Home Page - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.gatter/
Cross-reference data for Meade LX200 telescope users. |
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Measuring Reflectivity of Secondary Mirrors - http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org/reflect.htm
Article by Dave Scherping. |
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All About Telescopes - http://www.indepthinfo.com/telescopes/
Information on refracting, reflecting and radio telescopes, details on amateur telescopes, eyepieces, mounts, lenses and software. |