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Reviews, user tips, astrophotographs, telescope photographs, support and links for the Meade LXD55
series of telescopes.
http://lxd55.com
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Nexstar 11GPS Astronomy
General astronomy site with Specific information about the Celestron Nexstar 11GPS.
http://nexstar11gps.com
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C8 Polar Alignment Problems?
A how-to, do-it-yourself project for making your own altitude and azimuth adjusters for easier
polar aligning the Celstar C8 telescope. Also has a roll about, leveling tripod base.
http://hometown.aol.com/nlpjp2/index2.html
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Telescope SA: The Cosmos Through your Eyes
A collection of articles on purchasing and using amateur telescopes. Many of these articles have
been adapted from Sky & Telescope magazine.
http://www.telescopesa.za.org/TGHMenu.htm
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LX200, ATM and Gadget Page
Various projects that you can build to improve your Meade LX200 telescope. Most of these projects
can also be used by any SCT owner.
http://members.cts.com/nebula/s/scottb80/index.htm
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Measuring Reflectivity of Secondary Mirrors
an article by Dave Scherping of the Prairie Astronomy Club.
http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org/reflect.htm
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Observing Tips
Seven tips on a wide variety of topics concerning amateur observing.
http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org/tips.html
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Eyepieces and Choosing an Eyepiece Set
How to select a proper eyepiece set to extract the best possible images from any telescope. Why
certain eyepieces work better with each other in a set.
http://www.cloudynights.com/beginners/eyepieces.htm
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Johnsonian Tracking Platforms
Manufacturer of lower cost tracking platforms for dob type telescopes. Complete product details,
photographs and pricing.
http://www.johnsonian.com/index.html
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How to Build an Eyepiece Tool Box
Contains complete plans and pictures to let you build an eyepiece case.
http://www.cloudynights.com/howto/eyecase1.htm
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How To Polar Align your Telescope
How to correctly align a German Equatorial Mount (GEM). A how to article with diagrams and
photographs.
http://www.astronomy.net/articles/PolarAlignYourTelescope/page1.html
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Choosing your Telescope's Magnification
How to select the best set of eyepieces for any telescope. Discusses power verses seeing in
different types of telescopes.
http://www201.pair.com/resource/astro.html/regular/products/tele-vue-optics/pg4.htm
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Tips for the Department Store Telescope Owner
How to make an inexpensive telescope more usable. Modifications that anyone can use to improve on
telescope performance.
http://www.synrgistic.com/telguide/begindeptstore.htm
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The Prairie Astronomy Club: Telescope Buyer's Guide
Gives a description of each different type of telescope and lists their strengths and weaknesses.
Contains many photographs of different telescopes.
http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org/buyers.htm
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The Use of Filters
The use of filters in observational astronomy. Looks at a wide variety of available filters and
rates them for different uses.
http://sciastro.net/portia/advice/filters.htm
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No Tools Collimation
Collimation of Newtonian Telescope without special tools. Detailed instructions with
illustrations.
http://gilstrap.home.texas.net/collimat/NoTools.html
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Collimating Newtonian Optics
How to collimate a Newtonian telescope. Contains complete instructions and easy to read diagrams,
also contains links to this page in Spanish and Croatian.
http://www.efn.org/~mbartels/tm/collimat.html
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Scope Reviews
A review site with many different telescopes listed. Also contains accessory reviews, many photos
and advice on purchasing a telescope.
http://www.scopereviews.com/
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SCT for Beginners
Advice for beginners on using Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes. Includes equipment recommendations,
visual observing and astrophotography tips.
http://home.earthlink.net/~tkurkowski/
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All About Eyepiece Designs
The article describes the different eyepiece designs (such as Huygens, Ramsden, Kellner, and
Plössl) and lists their inherent advantages and disadvantages.
http://www.atmpage.com/ep.html
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Meade Advanced Products Users Group
Resources for Meade owners, including LX200, LX50, and StarFinder telescopes and Pictor CCD
cameras.
http://www.mapug.com/
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FAQ about Collimating a Newtonian telescope
How to collimate a Newtonian telescope. A complete article in a question and answer format.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~mbartels/kolli/kolli.html
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