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1. Turn Left at Orion by Consolmano & Davis. Highly recommended book on how to look for 100 cools objects using a small telescope. Mint condition. $30. 2. The Art of Star Trek : Hardcover, full colour, 298 pages. Includes pics and artwork of many startrek shows/movies. Mint condition. $29. 3. St...

We hope to finish the scope by the next new moon. Only wish the skies would co-operate for once. Zong, thanks for the interest but we are assembling the scope in my spare room which will be rather cramped with the 3 of us and all the scope parts. Will be posting updates of our work progress here in...

Some months ago, there was talk of buying a few Meade gotos and renting them out to people. Seems like Jim has put it into practice. I wonder what scope he is offering and if the prices are attractive.. Are any of the other vendor considering this as well.....mmmi...imaging renting out a TMB apo or ...

I try not to touch the corrector plate but if I had to do some cleaning, a quick way is either a lens pen or a 3M Optical Len cleaning cloth.
Its a whole lot easier than the "authorised" method of using diluted isopropyl alcohol....but only for light smudges...

rich

Hi all I will be having an overnight observing session this coming Tuesday (Oct 21) Location: Bedok reservoir (opp. Blk 740 & 742A, the same location as Mars Watch 2) Time: 9pm till next morning Events: Orionids in the pre-dawn hours and of course DSO's if skies are good Sorry for a bit of last...

:oops: Hi Jim, I just went to your web site and saw the bino. Wow, it is quite expensive! to own one good one. Able to give lower price or not? cheers, eric goh hi eric, what's your budget? for around $90, you can get a 10x50 Minolta Classic II bino which is pretty decent for the price. If you want...

Oh! just to add, there's a Wine Company at Dempsey now, so for those who appreciate wine like VinSnr, you can check out the drinking hole after a night's session? Charlie yeah...I noticed that a month or 2 back. most impt is not the wine...its where the toilet is! now we have a toilet available jus...

Most people still dream that anti-matter is a great source of power. The star ships in Star Trek are powered by "clean" anti-matter. The fact is anti-matter is extremely unstable (in our universe anyway) and cannot survive for long. Scientist have surmissed that when the Universe was first...

Anyone care to suggest how you guys manage the late nite activities of astronomy and still have the stamina to go around your day time activity. Are you a super human? If not, tell us how you did it (for example, you drink lots of herbs, doing yoga, meditation, some good tips and tricks of catching...

yes but its a whole load easier.
Find a star you know, align to it once and if all goes well, the alignment will not be mentioned again for the duration of the session...

rich