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How much power can you use with a small telescope

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Reviewer

Many customers ask what is the highest power they can use with a telescope..Sadly some shops on line and high street etc do offer small telescopes with unrealistic magnifications of 500+. This will make the image totally unusable and make … Continue reading →

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North Lincs Astro meeting . February 2016

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Reviewer

For the North Lincolnshire astronomy society meeting on Monday 1st Feb 2016 we had a workshop evening, with 3 different demonstrations going on at the same time. This gave the members a chance to mingle and chat at their own … Continue reading →

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Helios Rapide 8×32 binoculars review

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Reviewer

The Helios Rapide 8×32 binoculars come with some impressive specs for a sub £50 set of binoculars, including open hinged body, nitrogen gas filled and multi-coated optics. They come in an attractive and strong outer box showing the binoculars. Opening … Continue reading →

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Ostara comfort binocular strap long version

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Reviewer

  At approx 122cm long this strap is slightly longer than our standard version The Ostara comfort strap is an ideal replacement strap that is of a much higher standard than many nylon straps Helps make long observing sessions much … Continue reading →

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Image of M35 and NGC 2158 taken with a Celestron Travelscope-70

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Reviewer

This lovely image of M35 and NGC 2158 was taken with a Celestron Travelscope-70 and a Canon 1100D at prime focus on a Skywatcher HEQ5 mount. Single 8 second exposure at 6400 ISO. The RAW file was sharpened and adjusted … Continue reading →

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North Lincs astro meeting. 7th December 2015

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Reviewer

A record turnout of around 30 people met at the North Lincolnshire astronomy society on Monday 7 th December 2015 for the regular monthly meeting. We were given a fantastic talk by guest speaker Paul Money about Meteors and their … Continue reading →

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How to connect an SLR or DSLR body to a Celestron SCT telescope

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Reviewer

To connect your SLR or DSLR camera body to a Celestron SCT telescope you will need a Celestron #93633-A t-adapter + a compatible t-ring. To attach to the telescope, simply remove the visual back from the OTA and replace with … Continue reading →

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Which T-ring or T2 mount for Olympus SLR and DSLR cameras

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Reviewer

Unlike Nikon for example who have kept the same t-rings  for many of their current DSLR cameras, Olympus have a range, that have changed over the years. So you need to be sure you are buying the right one. Hopefully … Continue reading →

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Moon image through Tal 4 inch refractor by Northern Optics. 18th November 2015

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Reviewer

The image of the Moon to the right was taken by Northern Optics using a Canon 1100d prime focus through a Tal 4″ refractor ..Rather than use stacking software, I took a series of images in RAW file and picked out … Continue reading →

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Celestron Travelscope-70 image of the Double cluster

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Reviewer

The image of the famous Perseus Double cluster to the right was taken by Northern Optics using a Celestron Travelscope-70 prime focus with  a Canon 1100D. Expsoure was 10 seconds at 6400 ISO with the Travelscope-70 on a driven Skywatcher HEQ5 mount. … Continue reading →

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