Mount Type: German Equatorial Instrument Capacity: 17 kg. (37.5 pounds) Weight of equatorial head without counterweights: 16.5 kg. The EM-200 Temma 3 is the most recent update/upgrade for the Takahashi EM-200 series of mounts. Having not seen a slew of reviews on the net about it, I decided to get one done. At first glance,... Continue Reading →
The July Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE: Quite a Show!
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was definitely the comet of the year, one of the best in a couple of decades. Hovering low in the morning sky before dawn, then, later in July making its evening appearance low in the northwest sky after sunset, it provided hauntingly beautiful views of the night sky. Not much impresses... Continue Reading →