Scope Talk

This page is for members to share their experiences, and questions regarding astronomical equipment.

Meade LXD55 Facelift

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dan Demmers

Howdy All, With some prodding from Greg and Butch, I have decided to to begin a small series of posts on the conversion of my scope and the many stages it has gone through on its journey to its current status. I am hoping the posts will be interesting to all and perhaps stir the [...]

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Sky Commander

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Butch

Hey all!! I’m looking forward to next weekend in the desert to put my new SC circles to good use. I’m really excited about the expanded database of objects and the way the database is laid out. I expect that it will make navigation to various objects much easier. Oh, by the way, my [...]

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Orion Binocular Viewer First Look

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Dan Demmers

Last evening at the close of our regular monthly meeting, the TAA members adjourned to the Eckes observatory to experience what was a somewhat unexpected pleasure. Not long ago, in an effort to adjust for my relatively advanced astigmatism, I purchased the Orion bino’s from Amazon for around $200.oo. My first thought given the price [...]