I'm really enjoying my Astroscan. I particularly like using the 35mm Ultrascopic or Ultima with it. Just about 3.9 degrees of sky are visible in it, and even...

I've been toying with getting a 24mm Ultima for my Astroscan. I had one years ago and the eyepiece was great, but the eye relief was just acceptable. They...

I have Starry Night Backyard. Does anyone know if this version or the Pro version will allow you set the height of the horizon? I'd like to configure it to...

Hello, I am looking at purchasing my first telescope. I want to be able to use it to take pictures of wildlife during the day, and the Cosmos at night. Any...

Can one direct me and my family to a local group or observatory at Scottsdale AZ. Thanks for any help - Rob

I went for a walk this evening returning home about 8:45pm. The walk warmed me up so i went out in the backyard with my 10x42 binoculars. I found comet...

Say you had ad 12.5 inch F4.8 Newtonian and the good Christmas farrie wanted to buy you a really great TV eyepiece for it. What would you ask for if price was...

Here is an interesting site..... http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/williamslab/r_wavefront.html Clear skies, Alan

John Steinberg wrote: Someone posting through a possibly forged IP in Rome, Italy. Could be hipcrime, but just ignore the noise while we hunt him down...

Hi everyone. I'm not new to the hobby but a little rusty after a few years away from it. I just bought myself a used Celestar Deluxe 8 with Advanced Astro...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6699307/ This is NUTS!

I just returned from my first weekend at the Chiefland Astronomy Village, about 50 miles west of Ocala, Florida. The observing fields are flat, well...

Anonymous wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- snip So Min, done any observing lately? Getting ready for the Geminids?

I consider the little Pentax SMC Orthos to be little jewels and very high-end eyepieces though they have been discontinued for a while now. last. About a month...

Sorry for the three related postings, though their focus is somewhat different! It remains cloudy here in Vestal, upstate NY, USA, so eyepiece rumination has...

I just got a Orion SkyQuest 4.5 Dob and it is great. I was wondering how amateurs store their telescopes after use. Right now I got mine in two plastic bags...

Being an Engineer, you'd think I could figure this out for myself. Then again, maybe that's why I'm having trouble with it. I know that the answer will depend...

Ok, there's a guy on Astromart selling a telescope with an uncoated mirror. He claims the 4% reflectivity is IDEAL for lunar observing. I've seen this guy's...

Take a standard Plossl of quality, like a TV. They cost about $100.00. But how good are the lenses in them? If you figure that the raw material costs just...

Ref: http://spaceweather.com/ AURORA WATCH: Earth is inside a gusty solar wind stream that could spark a mild geomagnetic storm. Sky watchers in, e.g., Alaska...