Reviews

The reviews section is a place where amateurs can write reviews of their own experiences with a piece of equipment, be it a telescope or mount, an eyepiece, an accessory, etc.

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Telescope Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
SolarMax II 60mm Solar Telescope - Part 2 John Wilkinson 20-Feb-2012
Orion XX14i Intelliscope Truss Tube Dobsonian Rick Petrie 06-Sep-2011
The Guan Sheng Optical 10" f/4 Newtonian Reflector Graham Stevens 23-Aug-2011
SolarMax II 60mm Solar Telescope - Part 1 John Wilkinson 30-Jun-2011
Altair 8" F/4 Imaging Newtonian Francis Milsom 19-Apr-2011
Astronomy Technology 8" F/4 Astrograph Paul Temple 04-Apr-2011
Celestron CPC800 8" SCT David Roser 25-Mar-2011
8" f/6 Portaball Mohammed Baddah 23-Apr-2010
SkyWatcher 114mm (4.5”) by 900mm Newtonian on EQ2 mount Colin Hut 12-Jan-2010
Takahashi CN212 / 8.35” Cassegrain / Corrected Newtonian James Edwards 22-Nov-2009
Meade 16" LX200 - The Best SCT Ever Made! James Edwards 22-Nov-2009
Laypersons Review of the Meade 12" Deluxe Lightbridge Mark Nesti 07-May-2009
The Takahashi Mewlon 250 Dall-Kirkham Revisited James Edwards 01-Apr-2009
SkyWatcher 10" Dobsonian Anthony S 01-Apr-2009
SkyWatcher FlexTube 12" Dobsonian Duncan Gibb 01-Apr-2009
Williams Optics Megrez 90 Mick Pinner 19-Dec-2008
8" Lightbridge Brian Waddinton 17-Jul-2008
Skywatcher ED80 Pro Daniel Tickell 11-Jun-2008
TMB 9" f/9 Triplet APO Folded Refractor Dr Dietmar Hager 20-Feb-2008
Modified 10" GSO Dob Sab Szalai 25-Jan-2008
The Bintel BT-302 (12") Dobsonian - Review and Modifications Scott Tannehill 13-Dec-2007
The Meade 16” Lightbridge: Big Scope, Good Price Richard Brown 26-Jun-2007
Bintel BT-302 12" Premium Dobsonian Duncan 25-Jun-2007
Saxon 70mm f/7 Achromatic Refractor Chris Lewis 22-Mar-2007
Skywatcher Pro 180mm (7 inch) Mak Cas Mike (aerobrake) 22-Mar-2007
Guan Sheng GS-500 6" f5 Telescope Rick Parrott 09-Feb-2007
Bushnell Northstar 4.5" GOTO telescope Colin Hutchison 10-Jan-2007
Tasco Galaxsee 114375 Pete Moulton 21-Dec-2006
D&G 6" f15 Achromat Lens Andy Jackson 01-Nov-2006
Coronado Personal Solar Telescope (PST) Al Sheehan 21-Aug-2006
Celestron 9.25" XLT OTA John Earl 04-May-2006
Orion XT12 Intelliscope Rick Nelson 04-May-2006
Orion Sky View Pro 100mm ED EQ Telescope Gary Syrba 16-Mar-2006
10" f/5 Guan Sheng Dobsonian Reflector Darren Wong 21-Feb-2006
Orion Short Tube 80 f/5 (80ST) OTA Darren Wong 21-Feb-2006
Skywatcher 120mm Acromatic Refractor Mick Stevens 21-Feb-2006
Guan Sheng GS-880 LTD (10" f/5 Dob) Chris Ruwoldt 10-Jan-2006
10" GSO Dob gaa_ian 10-Jan-2006
AOE152L F/8 Achromatic refractor/EQ5 mount John 23-Jun-2005
Celestron 80mm f7.5 ED Refractor Mark Hodson 21-Mar-2005
Meade 10" LX200GPS-SMT Stuart Welfare 21-Mar-2005

Eyepiece Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
Baader Maxbright Binocular Viewers - A Tale of Two Oculars David Roser 07-Mar-2013
Eyepieces for PST Solar Telescopes John Wilkinson 28-Mar-2011
Generic Chinese Wide Angle Long Eye Relief Eyepieces Ian Ogilvie 16-Mar-2006
13mm Nagler Type 6 Shootout Mike Salway and John Bambury 19-Oct-2005
University Optics 2" 2x Barlow Dave Girling 23-Sep-2005
Budget 15mm Shootout! Mike Salway 19-Sep-2005
Televue 20mm Plossl John 14-Sep-2005
ED-2 9.5mm John 14-Sep-2005
UO 24, 16 & 12mm Konig Eyepieces + 2.8x Klee Barlow Ian Ogilvie 07-Apr-2005
Andrews 2" UW30mm 80 degree Mark Hodson 07-Apr-2005
GSO 2" Superview 42mm Mark Hodson 20-Nov-2004

Binocular Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
Andrews 15x70 Binoculars John Wilkinson 07-Mar-2013
Andrews 10.5x70 MB Ultra Binoculars Greg Reilly 09-Nov-2011
Canon 15x50 IS vs Fujinon Technostabi 14x40 IS Binoculars Geoff Johnston 22-Sep-2010
Meade 9x63 Chris Lewis 21-Aug-2006
20x80 Light Weight Binoculars Malcolm Shackleton 04-Jul-2006
Olympus 8x40 DPS I vs Fujinon 8x42 BFL Steve H 14-Sep-2005

Mount Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
GSO SkyView ALZ Mount Vincent Miu 10-May-2011
Losmandy Titan Matt Todman 24-Jan-2011
T-Rex Heavy Duty Alt / Az Mount Peter J Hexter 14-Jan-2011
Gemini Mountegra Dr Dietmar Hager 20-Feb-2008
Vixen Atlux Mount Matthew Kendall 11-Oct-2007
Vixen Porta Mount Andy Jackson 10-Dec-2006
HEQ5-Pro Allan Gould 16-Mar-2006

Cameras and Imaging Equipment Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
Canon 60D Performance Paul Russell 26-Jul-2012
Review of the DMK41AF02 with High Resolution Images Mike Salway 24-Feb-2009
QHY8 One Shot Colour Cooled Camera Clive 11-Jun-2008
The Imaging Source - DMK21AU04.AS Matt Patafta 18-Mar-2008
Starlight Xpress SXVF-M25C (OSC) Dr Dietmar Hager 20-Feb-2008
Starlight Xpress SXVF-H16 (Mono) Dr Dietmar Hager 20-Feb-2008
Refractor and Focal Reducer Trials Paul Russell 25-Jan-2008
Astrovid Voyager X - Planetary Imaging Camera Mike Salway 08-Nov-2007

Accessory Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
Baader 2" Cool Ceramic Safety Herschel Wedge Dr John Wilkinson 25-Mar-2013
Rigel Systems 'N' Step Motor Focuser Rich Bowden 25-Jul-2011
10 foot Home Dome Dr Dietmar Hager 20-Feb-2008
Siebert 36mm ETX 2 inch Eyepiece Adapter Tim Nott 15-Nov-2006
JMI Wheely Bars Stuart Welfare 27-Apr-2005

Books and Software Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
Time-Lapse Photography : A Complete Introduction Mike Salway 09-Aug-2012
Shooting Stars - How to Photograph the Moon and Stars with your DSLR Mike Salway 09-Apr-2012
New Eyes on the Sun Peter Mead 15-Mar-2012
The Transit of Venus: 1631 to the Present Mike Salway 08-Nov-2011
The Moon in Close-up - a next generation astronomer's guide Jenny Ball 20-May-2011
Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs Al Sheehan 25-Mar-2011
The Night Sky Observers Guide, Volumes 1-3 Patrick Kavanagh 25-Mar-2011
The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies Patrick Kavanagh 15-Feb-2010
The Brightest Stars Sean Liddelow 12-Jul-2009
Atlas of the Southern Night Sky Patrick Kavanagh 06-Nov-2007
The New Worlds Trevor Hand 25-Jun-2007
The Caldwell Objects Trevor Hand 04-Dec-2006
Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes Trevor Hand 15-Nov-2006
Don Wade’s Astronomical Image Processing Tutorials Doug McEachern 08-Aug-2006
DSLRFocus, the essential DSLR companion Paul Medcraft 10-Jan-2006
The New CCD Astronomy Paul Russell 23-Sep-2005
Discover the Night Sky Darren Quinert 14-Sep-2005
The Stars, A New Way to See Them Scott N Mitchell 07-Apr-2005

Other Reviews

ReviewReview ByDate Added
A Tale of Two Observatories: Darby Falls and Magellan Matthew Kendall 29-Jan-2007

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