The current month prime moonless viewing frame for 9:00pm-10:300pm transit of the comet has begun and will continue through Jan. 13-14. This corresponds with...

Shot post, was set up my 5:30, was suprized FF was closed, wasn't last year. No one realy stopped, but about 6:20 a group pulled onto the lot, they...

Since this has a decent level of "Astro" content... I thought it may make a slight 'thought' contribution (albeit fictionally) to...

I got one of these from a good friend for Christmas. It's a rubber cylinder which fits over your flashlight and has a hinged red lens which can be flipped open...

Your opinion please ;-) http://www.dpreview.com/articles/olympuse300/page2.asp

I am 36+ yrs old, I have purchased 20+ acres in a dark sky region in North Alabama (6-7+ naked eye mag. @ zenith) and I wanted some opinions on a "retirement"...

Well, I have seen comet Machholz maybe 4 times, one of which through my 10" SCT, but usually through my 8x32 bino. The last 2 weeks though almost all nights...

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I am 36+, still having to do my 40+ hours a week. My plan brings up several questions to you folks.... I need to budget a dome & scope (have the land already...

Space Weather Message Code: WARK05 Serial Number: 457 Issue Time: 2005 Jan 02 0158 UTC WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Valid From: 2005 Jan 02 0200...

A friend has asked me for recommendations for his 12-year-old, who shows an interest in the stars. They got him a typical trash scope for Christmas, and the...

Can anyone help me with this question? I need to calculate the lowest altitude of Alkaid at my latitude which is 55 deg 45.9' I found a formula for...

.... and it may be your only good shot to observe Comet Machholz, as it appears is my situation. Five days straight of rain and clouds coming. Damn, but I am...

Check out this guy's page: http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/lasers/

Just kidding. A solid review. The scopes will continue to sell like wildfire. -Rich

The consternation regarding those horrible little 0.96" eyepiece solar filters. I used one of those in the 1970s when I was very young because it came with...

2004 in Review: Last year started off with me having to repair the blown head gaskets on the F250 PU I owned then, thus I was not able to take my scope...

'NOVA' Welcomes Viewers to Mars Fri Dec 31,10:50 AM ET By NANCY RABINOWITZ, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - When scientists wanted to explore what kind of...

A new website has been created in order to co-ordinate global astronomical projects. It's been in existence for a few weeks or so with a few operational...

Massive Quake, Tsunamis Kill Thousands in South Asia More Than 11,000 Dead in Seven Countries as Tidal Waves Slam...