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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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Skywatcher USB to serial connector (RS232) cable 20308

The Skywatcher USB to serial connector connects to the SynScan handset firmware update cable allowing connection to a USB port on a laptop. Length is 1.5 metres. Compliant with USB 1.1 and windows operating systems XP, 7,8,10. Driver may need … Continue reading

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Celestron RSR binocular tripod adaptor 82030

The Celestron RSR adaptor allows you to fit a red dot finder such as the celestron starpointer and starpointer-pro to many binoculars. A no tool set up for ease of use. All you need to so it align the RDF … Continue reading

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Celestron ExplorerScope 80AZ telescope 22102

The Celestron ExploraScope 80AZ is a great starter telescope for the beginner. The mount seems to be an evolution of the powerseeker AZ range with a slow motion rod along the side. At the time of this overview the focal … Continue reading

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North Lincolnshire astronomy society meeting. October 2016

The North Lincs astro society were delighted to welcome 2 guests who had travelled all the way from Preston to visit our club. While most members stayed indoors attending the AGM, our two special guests were kept occupied outside with … Continue reading

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North Lincs astro meeting Monday 5th September 2016

Hurrah !, after an eternal wait, the North Lincs astronomy society finally had a meeting with clear skies. This meant that thanks to Paul Cotton and his fantastic large Skywatcher flex-tube telescope we were given some amazing views of nebula … Continue reading

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North Lincs astro meeting 1st August 2016

The speaker at the North Lincs astro society meeting tonight was Charles Thody, who gave an excellent talk on photography using a DSLR camera on its own and through a telescope..This was a back to basics talk that was both … Continue reading

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Visionary M10 10×50 monocular. A step up from 8×32

The Visionary 10×50 monocular was the natural step up for a customer who visited the Northern Optics weekend outlet, and already owned an Opticron 8×32 LER.  They was looking for more magnification and clarity. The Visionary 10×50 ticked all the … Continue reading

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North Lincs astro meeting. 6th June 2016

The North Lincs astronomy society had around 20 turn up for the 6th June 2016 meeting at Far Ings nature reserve. Also 4 fresh faces came along to try the club for the first time. The talk today was by … Continue reading

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North Lincs Astro meeting. Monday 4th April 2016

The North Lincolnshire astronomy society met on Monday 4th April for the monthly meeting. Around 22 of the regulars turned up. The talk was about the latest and upcoming NASA missions, and was kindly given by our resident expert Chris … Continue reading

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