Helpful Hints, Articles, and Photos
Helpful hints
- What should I know to get started?
- Check out the books in our library.
- Binoculars or telescope?
- How to choose binoculars.
- How to choose a telescope.
- Meteor Shower Viewing Tips
- (FAQ)Astronomical Calculations for the Amateur from sci.astro.amateur.
- (FAQ) Can I Buy a Star, or Have One Named? from sci.astro.amateur.
- Jim Kaler's Skylights
- Submit your question to the astronomer at cuas@cuas.org
Articles contributed by CUAS members
- HAPPY 20TH C.U.A.S.! by David C. Leake, Champaign, IL.
Covers the first twenty years of the history of our club. - Warning! Eclipse Chasing Can Be Hazardous To Your Health! by Tom Naber, Cisco, IL
Photos contributed by CUAS members
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| Bob Rubendunst | |||
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Sagittarius, taken with camera mounted on stepper-driven barn door mount |
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Cygnus, 24mm wide angle lens, barn door mount, north of Paris, IL in 1999 |
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Comet Hale-Bopp, taken with camera mounted on human-powered barn door mount |
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| Jeff Bryant | |||
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Trifid Nebula (M20), taken with Photometrics Star I CCD camera |
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M17, taken with Photometrics Star I CCD camera |
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Jupiter, taken with Photometrics Star I CCD camera |
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M101, taken with Photometrics Star I CCD camera |
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Eagle Nebula, taken with Photometrics Star I CCD camera |
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Hale-Bopp, taken with Pentax K-1000, 50 mm lens at f/1.7, 1000 ASA Kodak Gold film |