Subject: Warning; Could your telescope be suffering from the bug effect?
Warning; Could your telescope be suffering from the bug effect?
April 29th, 2017 at 12:51 pm EDTHello Friend,This is a rant: You were warned.A customer came in this week looking to buy a telescope for her husband's birthday.She brought a friend along with her who was an "expert" on telescopes. He had purchased a telescope many years ago, so he ...
This ends Friday. 15% Off Quality TeleVue eyepieces
April 27th, 2017 at 1:23 pm EDTTele Vue NEAF 2017 Sale Save 15% on some of the best eyepieces in the world during the Tele Vue Over the Moon NEAF Sale! For this promotion, Tele Vue is offering discounts on their short focal length eyepieces, including the 3-6 Nagler Zoom, 5mm ...
Don't believe everything you read
April 24th, 2017 at 5:30 pm EDTHello Friend,We are indeed living in an age of disinformation today."I read it on the internet-it must be true!" is the battle cry of the uninformed.As a society, critical thinking skills appear to be slowly disappearings.Now that's just my observati ...
A fish that uses a telescope?
April 21st, 2017 at 4:35 pm EDTHello Friend,How many fish do you know that use a telescope?Exactly.Same here.A few years ago, I was at the NEAF astronomy event, and Explore Scientific had a fishtankset up, and in it, they had one of their new 100waterproof eyepieces.Was this a wh ...
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
April 19th, 2017 at 1:05 pm EDTHello Friend,From the "Just when you think you saw it all." department.Could not make this stuff up if I tried.A fellow came into the store yesterday and said he had recently bought a "telescope" on Amazon for $40.And guess what?He couldn't see a blo ...
You'll be over the Moon with this Tele Vue Sale
April 15th, 2017 at 11:54 am EDTHello FriendYou can Save 15% on some of the best eyepieces in the world during the Tele Vue Over the Moon NEAF Sale! This is a rare Tele Vue sale and the kind you want to take advantage of when it happens,The image quality through your telescope is ...
Busted by New York's Finest tactical squad in Times Square
April 12th, 2017 at 9:52 am EDTHello Friend,If you are thinking of having a star party in Times Square, NYC ......don't.That was attempted this past week by some of the folks from OPT from the West Coast.(I'll send a link to the live video I recorded soon so that you can see the h ...
Wowzer! Explore Scientific NEAF promo with FREE Shipping
April 6th, 2017 at 4:30 pm EDTHello Friend,NEAF in case you don't know is the North Eastern Astronomy Forum (held in Suffern, NY) every year.It's a showcase of lectures, new telescope gear and a lot of late night drinking from what I've heard. I'll have to tell you the story on ...
Are you making these two observing mistakes with your telescope?
April 3rd, 2017 at 3:30 pm EDTHello Friend,If you want to have a enjoyable night of stargazing, and you are short on time ( then you want tomake sure that your plan for it.Would you drive to Timbuktu without a roadmap?Didn't think so.Let me explain What I mean? Mistake #1Use an ...
50% off this Celestron Refurbished NightScape CCD Camera-
April 1st, 2017 at 12:04 pm EDTHere is a whopping saving on a Celestron Nightscape Camera, Friend.An opportunity for you to get a serious One shot colour CCD imaging camera at 50% off!Now here is the bottom line: Celestron refurbished these cameras and you get a full 2-year warran ...