Volume 6, Issue 2

In this issue Dr. James R. Dire provides his insights into the right equipment for observing the June 2012 Venus Transit, “Uncle” Rod Mollise gets a plan with Deep-Sky Planner Version 5.1, Rick Saunders goes in search of flat surfaces with his ATM telescope shelves project, Pierre Stromberg muses on how the William Optics Grand Turismo 81 FD Triplet is rejuvenating the 80-mm refractor class, Dr. Gaston Baudat explains the development and design of the Innovations Foresight ONAG (On-Axis Guiding), John Nanson tells a tale of a different experience with the old school Skylight 100-mm f/13 Refractor, Richard Day of Skylight Telescopes explains why he creates his English Victorian refractors, Rick Hiestand walks a path less taken with RSpec Real-Time Spectroscopy, Scopestuff.com comes to the rescue of Doug Riley and his broken Telrad, Industry News, New Products and much more!