Hi folks, I've been tossing around the idea of putting my semi-ancient, black tube Super Polaris C8 on a goto-type mount from either Celestron, Meade or some...

The last couple of Orion catalogs have featured this "SkyView Pro 3.6CA Reflector". I haven't seen any reviews on this scope- does anyone know of any? And...

I've posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm Sunday's belated spectrum of Nova Pup 04 = V574 Pup Worcester Park Ob - UK

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I dread to thing what the price will be for this "gift" of great observing weather. But it was nice. -Rich

I recently ordered a Celestron NexStar 8i SE plus nearly all accessories offered on my tax refund. I've been using a rather small AP and Orion starblast with...

Group, Our astronomy club recently got a notice that our domain name is about to expire. What's a reasonable and customary fee for domain name...

Just finished building a (very)small roll roof shed for my Celestar 8. Is there anything other than a dust shield that I will need to protect the scope? I...

(I try to title my observing reports to be consonant with the zetigeist of my audience) Observing report from the urban murk: It is well known that the...

Hi Is there anyone out there with a Kendrick Ultimate III Observing Chair who could tell me the with of the front backrest portion of the chair. Thanks Andy.

I spent Saturday night, 2005/2/6 UT, at a dark sky site that I had not been to previously. It was only a 43 mile, 55 minute trip for me, about half an hour...

Has anyone mounted a Celestron 9.5 OTA on to an Ultima C8 moumt? If so, what modifications did you have to make to the separate components? Thanks in...

Information gleamed from another newsgroup.. Appears that after March 2005, keps, TLE's, orbital elements information that was available from NORAD will now...

I think you need to read up on limit theory. Your argument is very similar to Zeno's Paradox. By a similar argument, nothing can ever go into motion after...

There is a huge price difference, TV has a better fit, aparture wise about the same, but which scope performs better? Julius

How is the membership coming along in the National Green Laser Pointer Association? What are the current total number of members and have they made contact...

Orion sells a CCD eyepiece which transfers the image to a TV screen. This got me thinking about a similar setup with a spotting scope for...

All - I had a very good experience with Steve Fisher at upinthenight.com when I recently ordered a Hardin Optical OTA. Not only did Steve offer a good price,...

Date: Friday evening, 4-Feb-2005 Location: Backyard, Palm Springs, California Equipment: Tele Vue 76 (3" f/6.3) refractor Revisited a few of the...

I received the following notice from David Dunham of IOTA, and want to pass it along. Edward P. Flaspoehler, Jr., President American Association of Amateur...