Subject: Pumpkin Spice latte abomination? Just say no.
Pumpkin Spice latte abomination? Just say no.
October 15th, 2016 at 8:38 am ESTHello Friend,Like yourself perhaps, I like to have my coffee first thing this morning. Dark roast works for me.Yesterday morning when I dropped by the local coffee shop Second Cup, they offered me a Pumpkin Spice Latte.I cringed in horror. What abomi ...
After 30 years in the telescope business, here is what I've learnt
October 13th, 2016 at 11:45 am ESTHello Friend,Living on Manitoulin Island presents some logistical problems.For example, while the nearest grocery store to me Foodland, is about 10 minutes away, the next closest grocery store is 35 minutes away.If you want an even better selection o ...
Polar alignment equatorial mount woes? Celestron has the answer.
October 9th, 2016 at 8:34 am ESTHello Friend, If you have used any type of equatorial mount and tried to do a polar alignment you know what a royal pain the azzthat can sometimes be. Let me not mince words here: Doing a polar alignment is one of the features of equatorial mounts I ...
Could this be the reason for your equatorial mount woes?
October 1st, 2016 at 4:26 pm ESTHello Friend,You might have had the experience of using an equatorial mount for astro-imaging and being frustrated trying to get the best results with that mount.You would not be alone. Many an amateur astronomer has experienced the frustration of no ...
Fed up with crappy equatorial mounts? 3 years in the making: the CGX Equatorial
September 27th, 2016 at 4:55 pm ESTHello Friend,American ingenuity has struck again. Despite what Donald Trump would have you believe when it comes to inventing and creating innovative products, no one is betterthan American engineers. (equal only to Canadian engineers of course).Fo ...
A sensible solution to battling light pollution, that you can help out with
September 20th, 2016 at 4:36 pm ESTHello Friend,Yesterday I told you about how the scourge of light pollution and how it is affecting us all.It's outrageous that I have to drive 2.5 hours to find a reasonably dark sky from Toronto. (Actually, I drive about 6.5 hours to the pristine s ...
Sick and tired of observing under light polluted skies?
September 19th, 2016 at 4:13 pm ESTHello Friend,If you live in a city like Toronto, where I have spent most of my life, you see the dark skies deteriorating year after year I actually recall over 30 years ago I could see a 6th magnitude star naked eye from north Toronto on what usedto ...
Last chance to save $50 on this brand new product release from Celestron
September 18th, 2016 at 5:41 pm ESTCelestron has just released the NEW Celestron Neximage 10 imager.Tired of getting frustrated trying to take images, process them and have some decent results to show for your efforts?Celestron engineers hear you, and created the Neximage 10 imager to ...
Meet the worst astroimager ever
September 17th, 2016 at 4:21 pm ESTHello Friend, That might have been me. When I first started dabbling in astrophotography many years ago, I was rather disappointed in the images that I produced. Yes, it was frustrating just to try and focus and image on to the film plane of a 35mm c ...
I'm back! And with a special offer for this weekend only
September 16th, 2016 at 3:53 pm ESTHello Friend,I was in the store yesterday and bumped into customer Richard York, who asked me why I had not sent any messages lately.Had I possibly died and gone to heaven? Well no, because here I was live and in person.I was in the lovely city of Mo ...