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Celestron Nexstar 114GT 114mm Go-to Reflector Telescope

by Father Sky

Celestron NexStar 114GT Specifications **Brightness Rating of 3.5 **Limiting Stellar Magnitude of 12 -- **114mm (4.5") Reflector -- **1000mm f/9 Focal Length -- **Star Pointer Finderscope -- **Motorized Altazimuth Mount -- **25mm SMA (40x) and 10mm SMA (100x) Eyepieces -- **Accessory Tray -- **Fully Computerized -- **4,000 Object Database -- **Assembled Weight: 15.5 lbs. -- [...]

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Star Watch: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Finding,

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Your Passport to the Universe The night sky is alive with many wonders--distant planets, vast star clusters, glowing nebulae, and expansive galaxies, all waiting to be explored. Let respected astronomy writer Philip Harrington introduce you to the universe in Star Watch, a complete beginner's guide to locating, observing, and understanding these celestial objects. You'll start [...]

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The Urban Astronomer's Guide: A Walking Tour of the Cosmos for City Sky Watchers

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Product DescriptionMost amateur astronomers yearn to observe more frequently. Many of them, however, live in urban and highly developed suburban areas that are heavily light polluted. Due to this light pollution, they are under the impression that deep sky objects—nebulae, galaxies, star clusters—are either invisible or not worth viewing from home. This book describes the [...]

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Astronomy Deep Sky Stellarium (Set-Up) & Deep Sky Naked Eye

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This abbreviated version of the Renaix' Deep Sky Field Guides for the Backyard includes instructions on how to practice locating deep sky objects by plugging the full version of this Kindle book into your TV and pointing a telescope at the TV. Home Theater Astronomy (sold separately) displays a wide variety of deep sky objects [...]

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Astronomy Deep Sky Naked Eye Field Guide for Kindle: 167 Step

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This Kindle naked eye field guide of deep sky objects includes maps for 9 galaxies, 5 emission nebulae, 2 globular clusters, 2 planetary nebula and 16 open clusters. Almost every type of deep sky object is represented, and objects from every part of the sky are included. The 167 step-by-step maps in the field guide [...]

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Celestron Sky Maps

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Ideal teaching tool for learning the night's sky Specially designed cover rotates to simulate the seasonal progression of celestial objects Illustrated reference section provides basic information and the visual characteristics of various types of stars, nebulae and galaxies Product Description Celestron Sky Maps are the ideal teaching guide for learning the night sky. You wouldn't [...]

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Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in A

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A superb guidebook described in Bookwatch as 'the home astronomer's "bible"', Turn Left at Orion provides all the information beginning amateur astronomers need to observe the Moon, the planets and a whole host of celestial objects. Large format diagrams show these objects exactly as they appear in a small telescope and for each object there [...]

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Fall & Early Winter Nights Deep Sky Astronomy Field Guide For

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The range of deep sky objects that avail themselves to the backyard observer in fall & early winter covers the entire spectrum. The dazzling array includes planetary nebulae, galaxies, globular clusters, open clusters and emission nebulae. They are widely distributed over 16 constellations. On many fall & winter nights, armed with this Kindle field guide [...]

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Binoculars for Astronomy - Know the Basics

by Father Sky

If you like to look to the heavens even just occasionally get yourself some decent binoculars and indulge in a little binocular astronomy. Think about it, binoculars are inexpensive, highly portable and require no complicated setting up procedure so are ideal for casual astronomy. Binoculars allow excellent moon views, and great viewing of star [...]

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Konus Digimax 90 Computerized Telescope

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Maksutov-Cassegrain 90mm (3.5in) diameter Focal length: 1250mm f13.9 High-quality, all-glass, multi-coated optics Magnifications: 73X, 125X Computerized GOTO function with high-accuracy and over 43,000 objects Product DescriptionThis completely computerized telescope will point to more than 43,000 astronomical objects at the push of the button! This Digimax-90 computerized telescope includes the SkyScan AZ controller which is the [...]

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Vixen 2642 R200Ss Telescope

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Dovetail Plate and 232mm Tube Rings 7x50 Finder and Bracket Rack and Pinion Focuser Made in Japan Product DescriptionThe remarkably fast 200mm (8") f/4 parabolic primary mirror of the Vixen R200SS Newtonian reflector gives extremely sharp images with no chromatic aberration. The use of state-of-the-art coating technology yields the ideal surface for its f/4 primary [...]

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Binoculars for Astronomy Know the Basics

by Father Sky

If you like to look to the heavens even just occasionally get yourself some decent binoculars and indulge in a little binocular astronomy. Think about it, binoculars are inexpensive, highly portable and require no complicated setting up procedure so are ideal for casual astronomy. Binoculars allow excellent moon views, and great viewing of star fields, [...]

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The Observer's Guide to Astronomy: Volume 2

by Father Sky

Product DescriptionSerious amateur astronomers often wonder how to find new minor planets, comets and novae and would like to know how to use photoelectric detectors to derive the temperatures of stars. These issues along with predicting future eclipses and the occultations of stars by minor planets are topics covered in this authoritative and wide-ranging guide. [...]

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Vixen 2604 R130Sf Telescope

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Product DescriptionThis lightweight 5” reflector is a favorite of many new astronomers because it features remarkable light gathering with sharp images for its price and size. With a standard 20mm Plőssl, more than the entire moon fills the eyepiece. You’ll view innumerable star clusters and dark clouds, not to mention nebulas and galaxies. Add a [...]

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Meade 8-Inch LX90-SC Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope

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GPS - LX90 can do more than track satellites. It talks to them as well. Turn it on and the built-in Sony GPS sensor immediately determines your precise date, time and location. AutoAlign then uses this info to align your scope for a tour of the most spectacular sights in the universe. Easy align - [...]

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Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images: Astrophotography With Affordable Equipment and Software

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Product DescriptionThis book is based around the author’s beautiful and sometimes awe-inspiring color images and mosaics of deep-sky objects. The images were used as the basis of a public exhibition held at the University of Southampton (Summer 2006), attended by the press, local radio and TV interviewers as well as the public. The book describes [...]

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