SingAstro

Hi guys! Some of you might know about this already, but I shall post it here in case some of you aren't aware of the zooniverse citizen science projects . I discovered this several months ago and have taken part in some of them, mostly astronomy stuff. These projects let you contribute to ongoing re...

Bornfree: Thanks I will be able to use Polaris there

Gary: Thanks for the warnings. Already bought a plastic sheet and some Velcro


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For me, blu-tack is good enough even for Telrad. But you may need to align it very slightly for each observing session. If you secure it more permanently (e.g. with the included double stick tape and some say even cable ties), then it is so well designed that you can just align it once and for all....

Welcome to the forum! I use blu-tack so that I can transfer the whole finder from one telescope to another if need be. IIRC, a brand new Rigel Quikfinder comes with 2 base. Not sure if you have use the Quikfinder before but some users find the parallax error too high for high precision finding on a...

Well, the Celestron finder that came with my 6SE died last night. I tried changing the batteries already and it still didn't work. Honestly, it was a POS and I would have changed it anyway. Now I have been looking for finders to replace it and I really liked the Telrad, but it's probably too large a...

Hi everyone, Has anyone here brought their telescope on a flight before? I plan to take my 6 inch SCT with me, with the OTA and fork arm as hand carried luggage, while the mount will go in the cargo. Of course, both will be kept in bags padded with towels and bubble wrap. However, I'm still worried ...