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North Lincs astro meeting. 7th November 2016
Around 25 attended the North Lincs astro meeting at Far ings on November 2016. Sadly the speaker was unable to attend, but we were rescued by Chris Roche filling the gap with an excellent 30 minute talk on Exo Planets. … Continue reading
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M45 Pleiades image taken with a Celestron Travelscope-70 21035
I took this image of M45 the Pleiades through a Celestron Travelscope-70 and a Canon EOS 1100D body. The mount was a Skywatcher HEQ5. Was not very well polar aligned, so kept exposure to 20 seconds to avoid star trailing. … Continue reading
Celestron Omni XLT AZ 130 22152 overview and specs
The new Celestron Omni XLT 130 comes as standard with an AZ mount for ease of set up and use. With an attractive blue finish there are a few changes from the lower spec astromaster 130. The finder scope is … Continue reading
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illusion 20×50 monocular bundle. Customer purchase
The illusion 20×50 monocular was the optics of choice at the Northern Optics weekend display recently. We had a partially sighted customer who due to their condition made binoculars impracticable. The reason they wanted them was to look at costal birds … Continue reading
Skywatcher 6×30 erect image finderscope 20932. A review with a difference
Rather than look at the night sky, I deceided to give the Skywatcher 6×30 erect image angled finder a test on a nice sunny day. This lovely little finder is often overlooked by its 9×50 bigger brother, but gives fantastic … Continue reading
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Hawke Premier 12×25 binoculars review. HA4135
The Hawke Premier 12×25 binoculars are perfect for mid to long distance viewing, on paper, so though I,d try a set. This particular model was the HA4135 green model. The outer box shows a full colour image of the binoculars … Continue reading
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Hawke Frontier 8×43 ED. 38300 Customer purchase
A customer came to the Northern Optics outlet several years after purchasing a set of Hawke Frontier (old model) 8×42 from us. I must say they were in excellent condition after all those years, and the fact they were soaked in … Continue reading
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TMB Supermonocentric 10mm eyepiece
Regarded by many as the ultimate Planetary eyepiece, the TMB Supermoncentric 1.25″ range have stood the test of time by those who still use them today. The image shows my own 10mm version that still looks and functions like new … Continue reading
Barton area group astronomy night. October 2016
The North Lincs astro society were the guest visitors at the Barton area group , which is part of the Lincolnshire wildlife trust. With help from Andy Langford, Steve Berry gave an excellent talk on how to take images of … Continue reading
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Ostara PL 6.5mm plossl eyepiece for planetary viewing
The Ostara PL 6.5mm eyepiece is a sturdy and well made 1.25″ eyepiece. The 6.5mm is aimed at giving high power views of astronomical targets. There is no rubber eyecup. I found this not to be too much of an … Continue reading