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Welcome to Telescopedia! A source of practical information for both newcomers and experienced amateur astronomers. While there are resources on the world wide web for amateur astronomers, none of them actually go into detail on everything there is to know. Instead they often specialize in one particular subject. We hope to change this by listing every piece of practical information about amateur astronomy. This includes everything from the surface brightness of the Orion nebula, to arc seconds per pixel, to the usage of setting circles on mounts.

So, what's wrong with wikipedia?
Yes, there is an astronomy portal there but | wikipedia does not allow how-to guides and other practical information to be added. This is fine for people who just want to read about astronomy but for us amateur astronomers it's not very useful.

Want to contribute?
You're more than welcome to do so! Currently there aren't any strict guidelines set in stone, but due to the nature of this industry please keep everything brand neutral. Other than that it's best to keep everything understandable to newcomers. You can also search for photographs and such that are copyright free (or even take some photo's yourself) of the relevant gear/object/whatever and add them to new and/or existing articles.

Those new to wikis and the way to edit wiki pages may find this page useful: Mediawiki formatting

Feel free to drop by in our IRC channel! :-)