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1: Equipment for the Amateur Astronomer
Anyone interested in amateur astronomy (rather than armchair astronomy) will need to get some equipment to view the sky with whether that's a simple pair of binoculars or a high-powered telescope. This article looks at the kind of equipment an amateur astronomer can expect to buy at some stage.
2: Choosing a Telescope - Part 3
The process of buying a telescope is a difficult one and mistakes can be expensive. Before you reach for your credit card, you really need to carefully weigh up some considerations. (Part 3)
3: Choosing a Telescope - Part 2
The process of buying a telescope is a difficult one and mistakes can be expensive. Before you reach for your credit card, you really need to carefully weigh up some considerations. (Part 2)
4: Choosing a Telescope - Part 1
The process of buying a telescope is a difficult one and mistakes can be expensive. Before you reach for your credit card, you really need to carefully weigh up some considerations.
5: Meade ETX 90 Review - Part 2
The concluding part of my review of the Meade ETX 90 telescope.
6: Meade ETX 90 Review - Part 1
My impressions of Meade's stalwart portable telescope, the ETX 90.
7: Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
Michael White's book presents Newton as a man as much preoccupied by his unorthodox religious views and an obsession with alchemy as much as the pure scientist that history has portrayed him.
8: SLOOH Robotic Telescope
Don't want to buy your own telescope? Skies too light polluted? Then use this 14" robotic telescope instead from the comfort of your own home.
9: Discovering The Moon
How a 12-year-old kid became interested in looking at the Moon and what it led to...