Sunday, May 29, 2022

New Telescope Familiar Sights

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As the proud owner of a 130-mm (5-inch) Newton reflector with tabletop Dobsonian mount from Astronomers Without Borders, I have been taking ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Limerick

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Unlike theorems in geometry and proofs in algebra the forms of speech and literature are open to ad hoc change by their users. Therefore, ul...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Library Telescope Project

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About a dozen local astronomy clubs have arranged for their city libraries to acquire telescopes that can be lent to patrons. The story come...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Product Review: Bresser EQ3 and 70mm f/10 Refractor

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Keep the telescope. Throw away the mount.   This instrument is an embarrassment to the tradition of German engineering. Like very many other...
Sunday, April 17, 2022

Sunny Easter 2022

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Sunny is our cat. Laurel found the faux Egyptian bookends at an estate sale and I cleaned them up and set them out to dry.  Previously on Ne...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Daysmith Coffee

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It is nice to see vendors in the store again in the wake of the continuing Covid concerns. Derek and Daniel, founders of Daysmith Coffee, we...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Astronomy: Two Minor Books for the Backyard

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There’s a lot of books out there for backyard stargazers. Amateur astronomers with some experience tend to recommend a few favorites with lo...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Recent Astronomical Observing

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We bought this home in part for its larger backyard and better views of the sky. Nominally, we are still under Bortle 7-8 conditions with th...