I have tried and used a lot of different software. I’ve got to say that DeepSky Is top notch. I used it to make a (BINOS) star chart for the wife. I have printed out over 100 pages of charts. One of the things I like is its “Observing Planner”. I set up the 4 […]
I am learning that I REALLY don’t care for the 9 x 50 finder scope. It is very awkward to use at it’s best and down right impossible the rest of the time. When I do get a view through it I really can’t make out where I am looking, I see more stars thru […]
Well, last night I got to take the new scope out. Man what a night, have you ever had one of those nights that you just got into the ZONE ? I played around in Sagittarius and Scorpius. I have a pretty dark site that I go to. It’s just a couple of miles out […]
We just got back from Anttlers Optics (Now Out Of Business) With a new CELESTRON 10 inch Dobsonian. Man is this thing HUGE. While it is a BIG scope it is not hard to manage at all. It just take 1 more trip then it did with the Mead DS-2130AT Now this is a REAL […]
We went to a liquidation place and they had a Mead DS-2130AT for a song and a dance. I have always wanted a REAL scope and I just could not pass on this deal. It a 5 inch Newtonian Reflector Telescope. It has GOTO that I though was pretty cool.
It all started when I was a kid, I just loved the night sky. There was a planetarium at the nearby collage. They ran a 12 week class on the universe. I lost count of the times I went to see it, it was more then 5 times! I still love planetariums