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Tech Links, Information and Safety Stuff

How to buy a telescope  (Links to Telescopes.com for informational purposes- The club does not
 endorse any sellers of any astronomy products. )

Newtonians

Collimator Review

A Treatise on Collimation

The Collimation

Messier logs

TUMOL The Ultimate Messier Object Log

Cleaning

Cleaning a front surface (mirror or lens) (From RF Royce Co.)

Mirrors

Packing a mirror

Eclipses

Watching lunar eclipses

Never point a telescope or binoculars towards the sun, unless they have a solar filter installed. Not even for a second.