I'm constructing an off-axis solar filter for my SCT. Would more holes be better than one? I would think so, but don't know if it's that simple. Here's an...

Hi Jonesy My Orbit 3900 MAK arrived and I have a few camera setup questions. Please drop me an email. Brian

All After getting the opportunity to view through a couple different binoviewers I can see that one is in my future. Having said that and after doing much...

Location: San Diego, CA Time: 2045-2315 PDT (0345-0615 UT) Seeing: 5 Transparency: Variable (5 to thin clouds) Darkness: 2 (Limiting Visual Magnitude 4.5 if...

I think it's almost laughable at how people can get so charged up over a large dot moving in front of the sun. I can just imagine the many who spend hours...

Next week I will be traveling to east Africa, taking some binoculars with me. The binoculars are mainly intended for the animals. But seeing that the stars...

A few months back, on a sleep deprived return trip from Europe, I was moved to write a poem about a night under the stars. Some of you may think this is...

Hi, To complete an article about the transit of Venus and "side effects" for my educational website, I am looking for any quality hi-res picture showing...

My family is planning a car trip from Albuquerque to Salt Lake City in the next few weeks. We're bringing along a telescope and would love to take advantage...

Heh! Nice transit! I saw a diffuse halo around Venus on the sun side. The colour was a bit lighter than the sun's surface. It looked like the picture on page...

Tonight was the meeting of the Rosamond Community Services District BOD's ( The Street lighting people ). On their agenda tonight was the request for the Ok...

I and most observers did not see much evidence of this. Despite that, pictures from journals from the 1800s event show this as a marked effect. What could...

Tonight I had "first light" (from a very polluted location -- LA area) with a new system I am assembling for use in Chile late this year and in California...

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"Mark C" wrote in message ... I am considering buying a used 13" +/- Cass on a equatorial...

Hi, I was channel wandering and came across a telescope offer on HSN (no boos please, I am a newbie and the price seemed ok -$219 + shipping. They also have a...

The photos linked from SAA posts have been wonderful, every one of them. I'm sorry that I don't have any of my own, but I have posted some pix from the brave...

Hello All, Not really an amateur - more like a casual observer with an interest - please forgive the intrusion. I've been watching the Cassini stuff, and...

Hi all, My Maxscope 40mm arrived in time for the transit, but unfortunately the weather in Nova Scotia, Canada, did not cooperate. We had a crowd set up on a...

At: http://home.cwru.edu/~sjr16/advanced/stars_binvar.html we find the following nonsense: "The other way for a binary system to form is if a free star...