Subject: Only one of these, and I am throwing in a super bonus!
Only one of these, and I am throwing in a super bonus!
March 5th, 2016 at 1:07 pm EDTHello Friend, Have you ever met Alex who works here at our retail store in Toronto? If you have, you know it can be hard to get a word in edgewise sometimes. He is extremely knowledgeable about what we sell, and very enthusiastic at all times. Well ...
Telescope abusers, I am looking for you
March 3rd, 2016 at 2:25 pm EDTHello Friend, A customer brought in a telescope this week, that was not focusing an image. It was a newtonian reflector 5 inches in aperture. Now before he bought it in for us to take a look at, he decided to attempt torepair the telescope himself. ...
Celestron CGEM & CGEM DX EQ mounts on promotion
March 1st, 2016 at 5:05 pm EDTHello Friend, Perhaps you are being optimistic and hoping for an early Spring and have thoughts about astro-imaging. Otherwise, ground hog stew is looking mighty good! Now here is a fact: If you have an equatorial mount, loaded with all kinds of gea ...
My true Sunday Confession
February 28th, 2016 at 1:17 pm EDTHello Friend, No I did not go to church today. I did many years ago. As a member of the Pentecostal church. We had a great pastor back in those daysand he really did his level best to share some interesting sermons on Sunday mornings. My two daught ...
This is a kickass telescope
February 26th, 2016 at 5:16 pm EDTHello Friend, It is not often a really good telescope for serious beginners comes along. And when it does, well if you are just starting out, this one, fits the bill. I gladly recommend it! http://khanscope.com/productdetails.cfm?productID=5758 It h ...
Dont ask Neil Degrasse- Tyson any questions
February 25th, 2016 at 5:12 pm EDTHello Friend, I went to see Neil Degrasse Tyson give a presentation in Toronto last night and franklyfor the most part is was pure edutainment. Read that as: A little bit of science thrown in, with some stand up comedy for effect. Now I admit to bei ...
Buyer remorse
February 24th, 2016 at 5:13 pm EDTHello Friend, It is a common story we hear over here at khanscope. And heard another one today. Customer buys their kid a telescope during the holidays, at a big box store. Realizes that it is a piece of junk, and the kid loses interest. Now, people ...
"I don't want to learn the night sky", she exclaimed.
February 22nd, 2016 at 5:25 pm EDTHello Friend, As you might imagine, we get all kinds of customers coming through the store,. One lady that came in had an Meade LX10 SCT model telescope, which was a manual telescopewhich she had had for over 15 years. A little bit older now, she j ...
How to get your 13 year old daughter off facebook
February 20th, 2016 at 1:39 pm EDTHello Friend, It's amazing how much time kids (and adults) spend mucking around onFacebook with so called "friends". According to some stats. I read recently, while someone may very have1000 facebook friends, they likely only have about 3-4 real fri ...
A quick and dirty finderscope?
February 19th, 2016 at 4:34 pm EDTHello Friend, Nothing like "quick and dirty", But that also means "hack job". Not so good when you are in a hurry to get something to work. Like trying to find objects in the night sky. Sometimes, you want to get there quickly if you already know th ...