Subject: Fighting the battle against light pollution
Fighting the battle against light pollution
May 30th, 2014 at 11:55 am EDTHello Friend, Imagine no more dark skies. How would we as amateur astronomers be able to pursue our hobby then? Over 30 years in Toronto, if you went to the North end of the city, there were still farmers fieldsand dark skies that I could access. ...
One place where you don't want to put a Tattoo
May 29th, 2014 at 12:30 pm EDTHello Friend, Personally, I don't have a tattoo. But it seem's that these days, a lot of people do. Then there is a fellow from Hamilton I know, Barry Sherman who has been an amateur astronomer for over 30 years. Barry knows optics. And Barry happen ...
Is your telescope mount letting you down?
May 28th, 2014 at 11:53 am EDTHello Friend, Imagine a mount head that weights only 27 lbs. (12.3kg) and will accept a payload of 60 lbs. (27.3 kg)! It's a real dilemma for a lot of amateur astronomers. They want an equatorial mount that will do the job,but does not require them ...
A promise is a promise folks
May 27th, 2014 at 11:58 am EDTHello Friend, It's enough to drive you batty. Here is the scenario: Let's say Telescope company "A" announces a new product launch, and gives mea ship date. I announce the ship date to you, and then you get excited waiting for your new telescope. Th ...
Use your telescope and "see where the hell you were born"!
May 26th, 2014 at 11:47 am EDTHello Friend, That's what the inventor of the Dobsonian telescope, the late John Dobson, once told a lady who made the mistake in askinghim the question of "Why should I look through a telescope"?, when invited to look through one. Now, that was in ...
A special offer from the folks at Celestron
May 24th, 2014 at 10:56 am EDTSensational Celestron CPC Sale! Celestron is pleased to introduce the Sensational CPC Sale. Beginning May 15th and running through June 30th, customers will receive a FREE StarSense Automatic Alignment Accessory with the purchase of a CPC SCT tele ...
How to skip the frustration of planetary Observing
May 23rd, 2014 at 12:14 pm EDTHello Friend, I really enjoy observing the Planets and hopefully you do too. I just never tire of them. (Unlike reruns of Madmen or episodes of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo when I was young). And lately, we've had the good fortune to observe several an ...
A hornswoggle of a meteor shower coming your way this weekend
May 22nd, 2014 at 12:32 pm EDTHello Friend, You can never predict the actual intensity of a meteor shower till it's actually happening. But what makes the meteor shower this weekend particularly unique is the fact that it is a brand new one. Comet 209P/LINEAR whose orbit was thro ...
Peanut Butter and Rock and Roll Music
May 21st, 2014 at 12:22 pm EDTHello Friend, Imagine you were an Alien who came to this earth, and from what you observed, you thoughtthat the human species was, shall we say, an interesting study? And that, as an alien, you inhabit the body of a Cambridge math professor. Then, ...
Hey, Hey we're the Monkees!
May 20th, 2014 at 9:08 am EDTHello Friend, You might be old enough to remember a pop group from the 60's, called the Monkees. They were America's answer to the Beatles (but not really), and had a tv show for 2 seasonsand a whole bunch of hit songs, such as "Last train to Clarks ...