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Skywatcher 16mm Nirvana-ES UWA-82 eyepiece. First look

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Reviewer

Here at Northern Optics we had a look at the new Skywatcher 16mm Nirvana-ES UWA-82 eyepiece. This is not an optics test, but a chance to look at the construction and packaging. So to start off with, the box is a … Continue reading →

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Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145PS AZ-GTE overview

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Reviewer

Available from Northern Optics the Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145PS AZ-GTE is a sensible starter GOTO scope due to ease of use, and the wide field of view the short 500mm f4.4 OTA offers.  Magnifications of 20x and 50x included are ideal … Continue reading →

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Skywatcher UWA-82 Nirvana-ES wide angle eyepieces

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Reviewer

Available from Northern Optics , the Skywatcher Nirvana-ES UWA-82 eyepieces are the latest version of the older Nirvana range. The 1.25″ range come in 4,7 and 16mm. Although they use the same optics and coatings, the over all design is different. … Continue reading →

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Problems getting infinity focus with zoom eyepieces

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Reviewer

1.25″ telescope eyepieces come in two forms. Fixed focal lengths and zoom eyepieces, such as 8-24mm for example. What you will find though with some Newtonian reflectors is that you can not get infinity focus. This is due to there … Continue reading →

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How to connect an eyepiece to the Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED guidescope

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Reviewer

Ever wondered what the small adapter ring included with the Skywatcher evoguide 50 ED guide scope is for ?. This video shows what it is, and how to use it.

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Hawke Frontier ED 8×43 binoculars. How to test for chromatic aberration

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Reviewer

A customer who bought a set of Hawke Frontier ED 8×43 binoculars from the Northern Optics weekend display at the Waters` edge visitor centre, Lincolnshire asked what ED stood for in the description. I explained that with normal binoculars not all colours come to … Continue reading →

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North Lincs astro meeting. 1st October 2018

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Reviewer

18 people attended the Oct 2018 meeting at the North Lincolnshire astronomy society, where regular member and in-house speaker Chris Roche gave an excellent talk on Vulcanism in the Solar system. This included, not only planets, but their Moons. In … Continue reading →

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Ostara 1.25″ H-beta filter

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Reviewer

The Ostara 1.25″ H-beta filter is a specialist filter for CCD imaging and visual work of H-beta targets such as the horse head nebula and California nebula. Note that it is best used from dark sky locations, and ideally telescopes … Continue reading →

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North Lincs astro meeting 6th August 2018

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Reviewer

  Dr Gareth Few from the astrophysics dept of the Hull university was the guest speaker at the North Lincolnshire astronomy society on Monday 6th Aug 2018. His in-depth talk on the origins of life was excellent , with a … Continue reading →

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North Lincs astro meeting 2nd July 2018

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Reviewer

We did some solar observing (yes we had clear skies for a change) before the North Lincolnshire astronomy society meeting for July 2018 using 2 specialist solar telescopes. We enjoyed lots of Solar activity with major prominence’s easily visible. Once … Continue reading →

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