I'm going to be taking a trip to Florida in a few weeks and have a nice little setup that I think I can bring as a "carry on" on a plane. Rather than bother...

So much for the new 45 degree diagonal I ordered from Apogee. It's a complete disaster. I don't recall who said it was meant for terrestial viewing, but I'll...

Received a new Celestron Nextstar 102GT Friday. Much to my surprise a cold front blew through here in Northern VA and the clearest, calmest skies seen here...

In his best Cuck Heston Voice... "Damn you clouds... Damn you all to Hell!" Perseids seen... 5 Then the clouds came and spoiled everything.

Is it possible to see meteors from the perseids hit the dark area of the moon with 150 - 200 power?

Not wanting to repeat what's been said on another current thread, i.e. "The Ranger and the Pronto are no more", has anyone tested the Pronto and TV-76 side by...

I've just got to blow off some hot steam before everything blows sky high. Last month the owner of the trailer park comes over and tells me if I clean up my...

Anyone qualified, I'd like an estimate of distance from a far away North Deep Field object - to a South Deep Field object. How far apart might they be, and...

If you looking for an astronomy event in the midwest this weekend, check out the IFSP. It's held near Frankfort in northwest Indiana....

After getting home from that brain frying walk yesterday, I closed up the trailer, took some asprin and passed out with the swamp cooler going full blast. I...

Yesterday I purchased a Celestron E-Lux 2" 26mm lens at Anacortes Telescope for $42.00, last night I tried it out in my 8" dob at a dark sky location near my...

On Friday, August 6, 2004 the monthly meeting of the Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers, one of the three astronomy clubs to which I belong, was held at the...

.....I am shopping for an inexpensive large FOV scope, like the Orion ST80. .......and...... I would like to have a good, portable, fast scope. Any...

"Universities Plan World's Largest Telescope HOUSTON (AP) _ The University of Texas and Texas A&M University are planning to construct what they call the...

Apochromat at f3.5 or so produce images as "good" (details) as an achromat at f8? Say, for a scope of 100mm? If so, I can see a market for hyper-portable 4"...

I haven't seen any similar posts on this board but, since I love reading, I thought I'd post reviews of Astronomically related books as I finish them. I hope...

Happiness is being in 6+ skies with a pair of 20x100 giant binos. I've tagged the report to make it more...

Has anyone used these Taks with an H-alpha filter, and what are your impressions compared to other eyepieces? The 7.5mm is my favorite at night, but I'd like...

I went through a wide range of eyepieces today at Highpoint Scientific in Montague,NJ and after much deliberation I settled on the Televue 15mm Plossl. It gave...

Hi to all from Spain, I'm french and with my astronomy club we'll wish for observing in Spain this fall or next spring. We live in the south of France, near...