CATEGORIES:
Observing Astronomical Objects
• Faint Fuzzies: near city lights! Introduction,
Objects, p.1, p.2, p.3, p.4, p.5, p.6, p.7, p.8, p.9
• Master List of Our Fuzzies Observations
• Complete Astro-Blog Menu and Description
of Observing Article Contents
• Observing the Donald Ferguson Planetaries List
• Visual Techniques for Observing the Pleiades, M-45
• Ninety Minutes with Leo 1
• Deep Sky Objects & Multiple Stars
included in my program "Eyepiece"
• The Invisible Nebula: the Quandary of Baxendell
• Regina writes about the 2003 Mars Opposition
• Our Remarks to Those Ultra-Cautious Critics
Who Don't Think It's Likely To Be Able To See
the Horsehead in Small Telescopes
• Horsehead Nonsense--and Sense
Viewing Techniques
• Using Eyepiece & Photographic Nebular Filters
• Jack Marling's paper on Nebular Filter Development & Use
• Dark Adaptation, and "Astrogoggles"
• Amateurs, 'Super-Amateurs', & Pros: Distinctions
• "You DIDN'T See That" -- or maybe you did.
• Know Your Equipment: your EYES and sense perception
• Appreciating Astronomical Anomalies
• Overview of Some of My Deep-Sky Viewing Techniques
• Averted Vision, or Averted Imagination?
• Archived Astro-Forum Posts About Observing
• More Archived Posts
Optical Equipment & Construction Articles
• The Telescope Review Blues: The Mount from Hell
• Optimizing Your Astronomical Finderscope System
• Comments on Installing an Orion "Crayford-Style" focuser
• Maintaining or Modifying your Orion SkyQuest Dob Bearings
• In Praise of Cheap Eyepieces
• Casual Observations about new Orion Q-70 Eyepiece
• Eyepiece True Field: Calculating, versus Measuring
• Don't Worry Too Much About Dirty Optics
• Equipment Roundup, Part I: My Celestron C-11
and Orion 120mm f/8 refractor
• Equipment Part II: my 10" Orion SkyQuest Dobsonian
• Equipment Part III: Small 3 and 4 Inch Scopes I Use
• Equipment Part IV: Eyepieces, Finders, Filters, etc.
• New Scope, 1 of 3: Orion 120 mm f/5 Refractor - the optics
• New Scope, 2 of 3: observations of the deep sky
• New Scope, 3 of 3: more tests and observations
• Build a Small-Scope Alt-Az Pipe Mount for a Tripod
• What Can You See In A 2-Inch Finderscope?
• The Rechargeable Battery Myth
• Improving My GOTO Scope Pointing Accuracy
• Dewshield Hell: wasting time to fix a bad commercial product
For Beginners
• Beginner's Observing Basics - for families & youngsters
• Beginner's Astronomical Drawing Basics
• Menu of Observing Tips and Resources
• Telescope & Eyepiece View Simulations
• Novices Test Digital Astro Imaging - Article #1,
#2,
#3,
#4
• Pictures & Detailed Lists of the Celestial Objects
included in my program "Eyepiece"
Essays -- and rants
• Astronomical Jottings: Essays
• Lessons from Don: a tribute to the late Dr. Donald Osterbrock
• My Astronomical Mentors and Models
• Astronomy Software: Is It Still In Its Infancy?
• How Relevant Are Astronomy Software Reviews?
• Flawed Computer Star Charts Often Waste Your Time
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, and Telescopes
• Astronomical "Standards": do we need one for every taste?
• "Realistic" Pictures -- good or bad idea?
• My Annoyance with Astro-forums and Usenet:
article #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6,
#7
• Why Some Small Astronomy Businesses Have Failed
• Do You Waste Time Competing with Other Astronomers?
• Do You "Do Astronomy" or Collect Equipment?
• How "Scientific" Are Most Amateur Astronomy Articles?
essay #1, #2, #3.
• GOTO what?: Appreciating Modernity and Tradition
• Honor Amonst "Photon Thieves": hobbyists' integrity
• "Not in MY Telescope" -- on Astronomical Chauvinism
• Listening to Classical Music While You Observe
• 4th of July Essay: cautionary words to amateur-scientists
• On Art Bell's best late-career interviews of scientists
• Astronomical nostalgia from our music teaching lab.
• Present from Jaakko Saloranta: an exclusive astro sketch.
• Holiday Musical Gift List for the Amateur Astronomer and
More Musical Selections
Links
• Best Astro Web Links by other amateur astronomers
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