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My new telescope was delivered two days ago, so here are the first impressions.
It’s a Skywatcher 80ED refractor from the Evostar Pro series. This means it has an 80mm diameter, high quality objective lens, made from fluorite glass.
This special glass material is used to eliminate false color as much as possible from observations and keep them sharp. read on..
A few days ago, I was fortunate to meet the dynamic David Woods and his team from Hants Astro.
David founded this new astronomy group, just about six months ago. But already, it’s well established and growing fast. The fact that membership is free, probably helps! read on..
Most people will have heard the term “constellation” and will know that it relates to patterns of stars in the sky.
Many people will probably think of astrology and the “Signs of the Zodiac”, for example Aquarius and Pisces.
But how many people know what the constellations actually are? read on..
