Corrected to put the Moon in the right part of the sky :-) -- Observing Report - Venus and Jupiter at Midday Today (6-Nov-04) was a gorgeous day in...

I like my Tasco 60 mm but I see at Tasco.com they still snale oil with 600x60 or was it 575x60. Why don't they just cut a slot in the tube, provide you with a...

I first beheld Sunday night's spectacular display of the aurora borealis shortly after 8:00 pm EST (01:00 UT, 2004/11/8) from northern Harrisburg,...

Although there is nothing unusual about the _appearance_ of this mag 13.5 asteroid, its orbit is highly inclined and extends far beyond Jupiter. It has been...

I saw the Kp and the Bz and flipped out. I ran outside and watched for a while what looked like a vague reddish light. It was completely cloudy. ...

"Evan Miller" wrote in message ... I know this probably isn't the place to...

Went to kitchen for snack . . . saw bright colors in sky through window . . . went outside . . . everything lit up like full moon . . . could read license...

From Montreal, Canada (at 45N), and I could see it near the horizon when looking south (visible below Sirius). Absolutely brutal!!!! Carlos --

39N 76W, 10 miles west of Annapolis. It appears as though there is a bright light far to the north, over the horizon, and faint rays of that light are visible....

OK I was thinking about this today (don't ask why). The sun has a plane that the planets formed in. Is this close to the same plane as the milky way disk? Are...

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I have a friend who has taken to lunar observering. He is working with adequate charts, but he was wondering if there were any catalogues or lists that...

pace Weather Message Code: ALTK06 Serial Number: 172 Issue Time: 2004 Nov 07 1608 UTC ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threshold Reached: 2004 Nov 07 1604...

Space Weather News for Nov. 5, 2004 http://spaceweather.com AURORA WATCH: A series of explosions from sunspot 696 on Nov. 3rd through 5th hurled some coronal...

That is was created to give jobs to starving Russian scientists so they wouldn't go build atom bombs for the Arabs. Even if it's not true, it's clever!

Hi, As there was a hole in the clouds this week-end, I realized a new Moon mosaïc : the Moon on the 17th day. You can see the result here (the picture is...

They are simply going to line some lawyers pockets and they'll lose anyway. Is there a red squirrel up the mountain, or are the native groups worried...

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For $250, it looks like a good deal...sliding dewshield, 400mm f/l, rotatable Crayford focuser and what looks like nice machining. Anyone seen one of...

Observing Report - Venus and Jupiter at Midday Today (6-Nov-04) was a gorgeous day in Central Florida - bright and sunny, with the temperature in the upper...