Meade ETX-90 : Camera Adapter
At the end of last year we found an ETX-90 telescope that was BADLY in need of some TLC. We acquired it, cleaned it, and salvaged what we could of it. We considered tackling [...]
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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, [...]
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 [...]
The Galobart Books: Codex Madrid I
Leonardo di Vinci’s works, paintings, and inventions have fascinated the world, inspired generations of engineers, and had long ago captivated our imagination. We have [...]
BeaverLAB Microscopes: FirstLook
RainyDayMagazine has always been deeply interested in various forms of digital microscopy (iPhone, converting old scopes, etc.). We are particularly intrigued and have [...]
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 [...]
The Galobart Books: Mayan Dresden Codex
The Mayan civilization began two thousands years before the birth of Christ, peaked between A.D. 250 and 900, and began its decline before the Americas were [...]
RainyDayGiftGuide 2023 : For Birders
As in previous years, we have put together some RainyDay-tastic Gift Guides for the 2023 holiday, full of suggestions for our readers. As with every one of our Guides, [...]
Voynich Manuscript
A fifteenth-century codex (“A manuscript volume, complete or fragmentary, as of a classic work or the sacred Scriptures”), discovered in 1912 by rare books dealer [...]
RDG: Patching the lawn…with clover
We stopped using weed killer about a decade ago, and the RainyDayGarden is better for it. Sure, we get the occasional unwanted visitor taking up residence in spots we would [...]
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