Our goal at Cloudy Nights is to assist amateur astronomers in better understanding the equipment that goes with the hobby. We strive to accomplish this goal in three ways. by providing a forum for reviews of telescopes and accessories by providing a fo
The Cloudy Nights community lost our Den Mama - Carol Anderson aka csa/montana on Monday, 20 Jan. Carol joined Cloudy Nights in 2005 and volunteered for the the moderator ranks in 2007. She moderated my very first post on Cloudy Nights. Whe...Full topic › ...
during the dangerous African nights they were protected from children and mosquitoes in their gated communities. But because Europeans also didn’t want to give up the amenities that made the colonies so attractive
From reading a recent thread I have learned that there still are a few members who would like to see this forum grow. To that end I have started this thread. It was also mentioned that there is a reluctance to link to other forums. The Cloudy Nights Terms of Service quote below covers...
Mounts: A Forum to discuss all types of mounts and mount accessories - including computerized, manual, GEM, fork mount, parallactic, alt-az, DSCs, PushTo and GoTo systems.
Page 9 of 10 - Photos - moon, planets, stars, whatever - posted in Questar Forum: That’s an amazingly sharp picture! Thank you Terra! It was a fortuitous combination of great (and a little rare for me) seeing, the scopes well-performing optics, an
Page 273 of 281 - Cloudy Nights Introduce Yourself - posted in Beginners Forum (No Astrophotography): Some of the information on astronomy, amateur astronomy, and observing presented in my post (#22) at https://www.cloudyni...mers/?p=5184287 may be usef
Want to upgrade - posted in Beginners Forum (No Astrophotography): Hi everyone, I currently own a Celestron StarSense LT80, which has served me well for observing the Moon and the Sun. However, Im looking to upgrade to make it easier to spot and track c
3d - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: Hello, since you have been working on the electrical part of the observatory for so long, it was out of action for months. With the appearance of the comet, I accelerated everything and here I am. I have a Rasa 8
I will send B&W an email to see if i can get a real answer out of them for what the substrate / IOR is on this.https://schneiderkre...types/polarizer Back to ATM, Optics and DIY Forum