For those who are interested in such things - the University of Alabama is disposing of its 10-inch Fecker refractor (vintage 1950). This will be going up for...

http://www.lpod.org/LPOD-2004-09-29.htm

Northern Hemisphere 1. Jupiter 2. Saturn 3. The Sun 4. The Moon 5. The Milky Way 6. The Pleiades (M45) 7. Andromeda Galaxy (M31) 8. The Orion Nebula...

Here is Jane's observing report from this past weekend -- Four comets and a supernova. :) Mojo -- Morris Jones * Monrovia,...

One of my favorite little astro thingies goes like this: If the Milky Way were reduced in scale such that the Sun assumed the size of a basketball, then it...

I am planning to get back into Astronomy after a 20 year lull. I had one of those Jason 60mm reflectors back then. I just got the Orion catalog and I...

John Shakespeare says... There is a place in Switzerland which makes Schiefspieglers commercially. The focal ratios and...

Big Bertha Thing sedan Cosmic Ray Series Possible Real World System Constructs http://web.onetel.com/~tonylance/sedan.html Access page 19K JPG...

FYI Hi, This short info to inform you that Isao Tomita's "Dawn Chorus" CD is again available on Amazon ("chillout" music including astronomical...

Hello all, just did my first steps yesterday with a Celestron Nexstar 5i. And few questions cropped up: - anyone knows where I can find a pdf of the original...

Thanks Doug Crowe

Hello, all, I have come across a url (an url?) that is distinctively helpful since it contains CCD images of the Messiers, and the Best NGC Objects accompanied...

Maxime "Max" Faget, an intuitive engineer who became the chief architect of NASA's Mercury capsule and a key contributor to the design of three other manned...

I was just looking at a satellite snap of Hurricane Ivan and suddenly it hit me: in that position (taken on Sept. 13), it looked a whole lot like M51. The...

In Sky and Tel for Nov. there is a description of observing Stephan's Quintet using an 18" reflector. The author describes seeing NGC-7319 as a dim haze with...

I'm looking for an NG or Forum that is specific to "Film" astrophotography. To be more specific, I'm looking for someplace I can get answers to odd film...

FOR SALE: Fujinon 16X70 FMT-SX Astronomical Binoculars Condition: NEW IN BOX WITH BLANK WARRANTY CARD AND MANUAL. Comes with case, strap and all lens...

On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations of this event? Peter...

Date: 10/9/04 Site: Tierra del Sol (Darkish Sky Site about 60 miles East of San Diego, CA) Seeing: 8 Transparency: 6 Limiting Visual Magnitude: 5 to...

What type of scope are you carrying on your mount? Any Newtonians on a CI 700 out there? Heck, Any Pronto's? John