I got interested in guns in the early 1950s, at just about the time that scopes were being generally accepted. They were, for the most part, wretched objects—difficult to mount, dim, and fragile, with ...

I have had the opportunity to use a variety of astronomical equipment, including telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Percival Lowell’s 24-inch refractor at Lowell Observatory, and just about ...

[bitluni] got a brand new scope, and he couldn’t be happier. No, really — check the video below; he’s really happy. And to celebrate, he turned his scope into a vector display using an ESP32. Using a ...