Meade ETX-90 : a rusty rescue with potential for restoration
An ETX-90 scope popped up on Facebook Marketplace at a price that was WAAY too good to be true. We figured it was one of three things: the scope’s mirror was damaged, [...]
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Northern Lights, Comets, and Full Moons…Oh My!!!
The Northern Lights and other such sights are often visible only in locations in the Far North (also known as The Arctic). Because viewing opportunities outside The Arctic [...]
RainyDayRobins: Nesting, Hatching, Feeding, and Fledging
At the end of May, we noticed that the wooden divider between the RainyDayGarden and our neighbor’s was literally falling apart. We planned on writing an article on the [...]
Birding in the Backyard (BBY): City Birds
When somebody says that they “went birding,” most people think that they: headed into the woods, or hiked out onto the marsh, or drove to a distant destination, [...]
Solar Eclipse Totality 2024
Yup we…went. And in order to get as much Eclipsiality as possible, we went further afield than we anticipated we would. Days later, we are still awed by the whole d@mn [...]
Birding lenses: FirstUse
When we upgraded our Nikon DSLR from the D90 to the D850, we went from a 12MP sensor to a 47MP sensor. That massive increase in sensor size enables us to capture higher [...]
Birding lenses for the Nikon D850
When we first acquired the new-to-us Nikon D850 body from a local wedding photographer who was upgrading to the Nikon Z, it came with its original accessories—manual, [...]
Nikon D850 Accessories
The last time we upgraded our Nikon body we went from a D40 to a D90. A LOT of new Nikon bodies have been released since then, but we resisted because the D90 was “good [...]
Opticron USM-2 Mount: FirstLook/FirstUse
We have looked at, played with, and reviewed a lot of smartphone mounts over the years. A LOT. A few years ago we (finally) found one we liked with all the features we [...]
Questar : Axial port astrophotography
The Questar Standard 3.5″ telescope is probably the finest production telescope of its size in the, um, cosmos. Old and new units are equally prized by owners the world [...]
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