Subject: The curative effect of amateur astronomy
The curative effect of amateur astronomy
August 12th, 2014 at 1:52 pm EDTHello Friend, Perhaps you too were saddened to hear of the passing of actor Robin Williams. What makes him special, was that despite the mental illness demons that he fought during his life,he was able to connect with all people at a very real level. ...
Did you hear the one about the lawyer who was an astroimager?
August 10th, 2014 at 11:50 am EDTHello Friend, Alison Redford walked up to the Bar.....(yes, it's lame, so I'll quit while I'm ahead). People love to make jokes about lawyers, especially if they ever had to deal with one. I'm happy to say I've had positive experiences with the ones ...
We've got more telescopes than Allison Redford has for excuses
August 9th, 2014 at 10:35 am EDTHello Friend, Recently I've been talking a lot about the new Nexstar Evolution telescopes from Celestron. Last Thursday night, I was all set to test out the Nexstar Evolution 9.25", which I have been eagerlyanticipating and which just arrived into o ...
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, so they say
August 8th, 2014 at 12:44 pm EDTHello Friend, My buddy Glenn Norman would be the first to tell you that that statement simply is not true. Why? Cos as Glenn says, he's an old dog. And he just learnt a few new tricks! I just finished reading his article in the latest issue of Sky ...
Telescope misbehaving? Here's how to deal with it.
August 7th, 2014 at 2:08 pm EDTHello Friend, I ran into an old customer that I had not seen in a few years last week. He had called me up a few years ago, and asked if I would buy his telescope asap, becausehe had lost his job and needed the money to pay some bills. Broke up with ...
Rosetta: The countdown begins!
August 6th, 2014 at 11:44 am EDTHello Friend, The European Space agency is on a mission right now, that has been in the making for the past 10 years. And it's the Rosetta mission. Rendezvousing with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today. And it gets better. After rendezvous on 6 A ...
The perfect beginner telescope?
August 5th, 2014 at 10:25 am EDTLooking for the perfect beginner telescope? In a market filled with tempting telescopes, very few fill the bill as an outstanding beginner telescope. While a computer assisted telescope is a fine thing, it doesn't teach you how to read star charts o ...
The first ever Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with integrated WIFI
August 4th, 2014 at 10:48 am EDTHello Friend, Telescope hand controls have long been the bain of many amateur astronomers. Yours truly included. If I could count the many times I've dropped one, tangled one up on my drive mounts, or had one fail at the mostinconvenient of occassion ...
Making friends with our neighbour, the Moon
August 3rd, 2014 at 1:40 pm EDTHello Friend, Last night, I was observing the Moon, in the early evening, and a promising evening of a clear nightand being able to see the Teapot (Sagittarius) looming over the southern horizon was enticing. As I started a fire in the firepit by t ...
Does your telescope have these weak links?
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:41 am EDTHello Friend, Some times it's just a minor tweak that can improve your telescope. Over the years, I've found that making some small changes with your instrument, can give you vastly improved results. These are more for entry level and some mid range ...