HI mike
I agree with Asi. The site is not lacking at all. You only need search the site for information suitable for newbies to astronomy wizards.
The forums are just a great learning resource for novices like me. I think articles like the one Brian just wrote (articles one and two:
General Principles for Choosing your first Telescope and
What's Wrong with each of my Scopes) are classic beginners references; and are always going to be popular with novice members. I don't think there can be too much such information available for beginners
It seems to me that most of us are intersted in hardware upgrades from time to time - eyepieces, barlows, finders etc. Perhaps we could look at compiling the results of reviews into tabular form: similar to the tables presented in the Budget 15mm EP shootout
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...b0135b0a55071c
What I mean is to compile all our current eyepiece or telescope specifications and info into a comprehensive, updateable set of reference tables. So, as revues are written, their specifics can be added to the database.
This idea may be a bit pie in the sky and totally impractical to implement, but you
did ask for suggestions
.
Dave