This says it all about what this ailing planet needs. A huge inventory of all that ails...

Hi, I'm sort of stuck on my next scope purchase. This would be my 6th scope (last 4 were 6" - 10" dobsonians). My most recent scope was an LXD55-SN8. It was...

Dear forum, I just read some postings about the harvest moon phenomenon but I´m still not quite sure about one point : Is the fact that the moons orbit comes...

Well, not to start another UFO thread, but a colleague of mine who lives in the country, and who knows a bit of astro stuff, saw what sounded at first like an...

A friend of mine called from the Pacific Northwest saying that he and his family saw an object in the south unlike anything he's seen before. He saw it in the...

Hi All I am getting back into astronomy after many years with some imaging with my digital camera as my main interest. Moon, Sun and planets I believe...

- If we had no large moon, with a comon center of rotation, (inside, but not in the center of the Earth) - would we likely face the fate of Venus, - and...

It should be quite clear to anyone in astronomy by now that UT or UTC or GMT is Universal Time. Those who don't have any concept of this...

I sure wish most here would report in UT various events observed. Local time has no meaning if your 1000's of kms away. DO IT IN UT WILL YA??!

I am trying to insert some specs for my equipment in CDC, so as to simulate EP circles. Ok, CDC says, for each EP, enter FOVx60', so for my 11x80 (says:...

I am planing to buy Takahashi FS 102. After that, maybe I will buy some 8" or 10" SCT or Maksutov. If anyone knows which one is better? Losmandy GM 11 or...

I just received my 12" Hardin Optical dob. The bottomside of the tube is heavy, and I am about to add a fan, which will add a little more weight. At the top...

My 3.2mp Olympus recently suffered some deacceleration trauma and is no more. I am in the market for a new camera, and wanted to get some feedback here. I...

Hi I was taking wide field images (14 degrees or so) last night to scan for perseids and after giving up, I left the camera running over night as the chances...

This past Saturday night I spent almost all my scope time observing double (or multiple) star systems. I noticed when I was packing up that I was in a very...

I am looking for suggestions on how to create a "Fake Star" that I can use for indoor - daytime - optics testing. I have tried a laser pointer on a wall but I...

As people here helped me some weeks ago finding data, I thought I give you a short notice that I finally put the result to the...

Hi, Here's my suggestion for those who are thinking about making their own OTA case. The page is not yet translated to english but you can get an idea by...

why the moon doesn't get light directly from sun? It has been taught to me that the moon gets reflected light from sun? regards, Yogesh Joshi

Anyone have more info on this? Just got an email from Astronomics with this link and some...