Showing posts with label hobbies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hobbies. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

My First View of Saturn

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On the Cloudy Nights discussion board for amateur astronomy the topic came up (as it does now and then), “What was your first telescope?” So...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Familiar Sites, Familiar Sights

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Three constellations on the ecliptic actually look almost like what they are supposed to be: Leo, Scorpius, and Taurus. Those probably go ba...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Celestron AVX Mount Review (Part 2)

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So far, after four nights, I am something less than sanguine. The smart drive mount works well enough, given some problems noted below. I ha...
Friday, September 10, 2021

Product Review: Celestron AVX (“Advanced VX”) Mount and Tripod

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This is an on-going project.  My summary opinion after three nights is that for the observer, this is a planetarium show. You press the butt...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Against Dark Skies

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We do not have the same perceptions with light that we do with sound. You can close your eyes. You cannot close your ears. So, we have laws ...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Celestial Mechanics

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I first got interested in celestial mechanics in 1978. I enrolled in three independent study classes at two schools, New Mexico State Univer...
Saturday, December 28, 2019

Astrophotography: What He Meant by What He Said

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Having retired from the Texas State Guard and leaving numismatics to take second place, I have been giving more attention to astronomy. I p...