My new Orion catalog has a new Item! An XT12 Intelliscope. Yikes, am I dreaming!!! Vitals: 305mm Pyrex Primary 1500mm Focal Lenght f4.9 4'10" Tube @...

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http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/25/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg The reddish binary stars in the upper left seem to suggest a dawes limit for HST. Ya...

Equipment: Orion Optics (UK) Europa 250 Newtonian ("Min-Hubble") mounted on a HEQ5. Objects: Epsilon Lyrae, M27, M57, M13, Eastern and Western Veil...

After this months local Astronomy Club meet I have to agree with the growing opinion that so far the most recent mission to Saturn is a big yawn. More pictures...

Wow. Big price drops until the end of the year on Naglers and Radians. I wonder what this will do to the prices on these items on Astromart? From Astronomics...

I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less expensive packages...

I'm looking to mount an 80mm short-tube on my C14. Anyone know of any economical piggy back mounting options, ie rings, hardware etc? I see Scopestuff sells a...

I wonder if the benefits of smokin pot and doing backyard or campground or roadside or offroad or lakeside or mountain kingdom astronomy enhances the...

Last night it was too hot to sleep so I spent a little time with the stars. The sky was clear but bright (Los Angeles County); I could see all four of the...

Howdie all......total newbie here looking for some advice regarding a second hand telescope I picked up (to be used by my family) for $20 Canadian. I have...

Recently I purchased a new Telescope at a local Discovery Store. It's a Mead 5" Mak from what I understand and so far I'm pretty satisfied with it. Like I say...

B&H, chagrined at making me go down to NYC to pick up a PST that wasn't in stock last week, called me back two days ago to tell me that they were getting a...

Hi. Our astronomy club will be scheduling 2005 events pretty soon. Last year we thought the peak of the Perseids was Thursday night. We now know it's 2am...

Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas. I put astro-themed vanity plates on my Nissan Titan today http://www.davidillig.com/titanvanity.shtml. I was surprised...

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I have been looking for a Coronado PST for the last two weeks, and I placed an order with Orion that is scheduled to ship on August 8th. A friend of mine...

Note: This is the full report from Friday evening. My comments on the supernova posted yesterday are repeated. Date: Friday evening,...

Date: Friday evening, 6-Aug-2004 Location: Cottonwood campground, Joshua Tree National Park, California Equipment: Tele Vue 76 (3" f/6.3)...

If space is a vacuum how does a hot ball of gas stay together as long as some astronomers claim it has? Would all the gas be sucked off into space. I remember...