Want to appreciate your biggest scope more and quell aperture fever? Periodically use your smallest telescope exclusively for four to six week intervals. ...

Hi, all... I invite everyone to join us in the Chat Room of Compuserve's Astronomy Forum on Wednesday night, Oct. 27th, to talk about the total lunar eclipse...

Hello All, I've tried to find an affordable maximum-field 2" eyepiece. It seems that I either get field curvature or astigmatism in the ones I've used, even...

"Doink" wrote in message ... Did you know you could buy a casket at Costco????? ...

Hi Starlord I waved as I drove through Rosamond at 75 MPH. Did you see me yesterday. It was COLD in Mammoth. -- Hike High Mountains Fish for Wild Trout

Hi. I live in the Boston area and was wondering if there's anywhere I can get involved in volunteer work associated with astronomy. At one point I was...

Hi. Our club's 18" has a standard 8x50 finder scope. One of our members would like to use a 90 degree diagonal on it. Question. What kind of diagonal would...

A US friend of mine just sold a telescope to a Spanish buyer. He is dumbfounded by the huge taxes that the Spanish buyer will have to pay to customs before...

To Cassini's close flyby of Titan! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

Ron wrote: UA's CASSINI SCIENTISTS READY FOR FIRST CLOSE TITAN FLYBY From Lori Stiles, UA News Services, 520-621-1877 October 25, 2004 The Cassini...

Ron wrote: MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ...

TEC is taking orders for a 160 mm APO. But TEC's price structure is now a bit odd: APO 140 = $4,600 (F/7) APO 160 = $12,000 (F/8) APO 200 = $15,999 (F/9) It...

Greetings... I somewhat understand the F ratio---at least I understand how it's arrived at. I also understand that higher numbers are smaller fields of...

I was reading an article in Smart Money magazine that the TeleVue-60 runs circles around the Orion SkyQuest XT10 Classic. The review saws the optics are better...

Saw a ad for a Tak FC-100 OTA for $5200, OUCH! That guy is in dream land!!! Chas P.

After a week-long trip from Cal-if-orn-i-a, including a train derailment, a relatively unscathed package arrived from OPT containing a shiny new Celestron...

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How many here no longer get the full new group and have had to go elsewhere to get it - Im told its a national downsizing trend at isp's ??? Carlin

"deluxe" wrote in message ... Even if you have to purchase it with a...

Michael McDonnough, CEO of Betavoltaic, will be speaking on the Kevin Smith Show on Monday, October 25, 2004. During the interview, he will be discussing his...