What would a quasar look like up close? Say, if there was an active quasar right now at the center of the milky way galaxy? How would it appear from earth? ...

On the night of Friday, May 28, 2004, I observed a previously unreported lunar light ray in Montes Riphaeus, a 150 kilometer long mountain range that lies...

10 hrs UTC and bright sunshine near London, therefore after a look at the 4 rather small sunspot groups ~ decided to examine Venus ( 150mm aperture...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/weather/transit_of_venus_2004.shtml This real animation of the 1882 Venus transit shows some sunspot configurations that don't...

Re. the venus transit. If we want to use our 5" and 8" SCT for projecting a unfiltered image onto a white screen, for how long might that be done, without...

Subject: best singles ads ever This has got to be one of the best singles ads ever printed. It appeared in The Atlanta Journal. SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks...

Aloha! A few more practice shots before the main event... no time to putz around with full processing (yard-work and work-work beckons!), but here's a cropped...

Hello everyone, I'm an astro-newbie so forgive me if these are fundamental questions, I haven't found the answers in my research. 1. I built a 10" f4.7 scope...

The following report was extracted from the local paper today describing witnesses in the northwest US and lower mainland china. SCIENTISTS STUMPED BY...

Hi all, Here is Venus as seen from Norway June 5, 13:12 UT http://arnholm.org/astro/venus/venus_20040605_1312ut.jpg Telescope: Vixen 90mm f11...

I took the plunge and purchased a Nikon D70. Primarily for home/personal stuff. (The Canon D10 was too expensive, the EOS felt flimsy, and we have some Nikon...

If you are (or ever were) the owner of A Baader (Celestron) MPCC (Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector), my question is: Would the "Tunable Top" from a Paracorr be in...

How do I know that the IPD of the bino is adjusted correctly to fit my eyes? by seing one single round view? I am never been acheived one single round view,...

If earth were inside an elliptical galaxy or near the center of a large globular cluster, would that more or less cripple any attempts to study the universe as...

I'm looking to get my first telescope and am looking at these two. My main concerns with the 114 are collimation and terrestrial viewing. I also will be...

Any thoughts on the National Geographic Maksutov???? Good, Bad or Ugly? http://www.telescopes.com/products/21411.html Brian

MDJ nous a écrit : Great photos of the 4th and 5th day. Thank you. I took a mosaic of the 5th day with my Orion ED80mm. Mosaiced in iMerge. More...

Hi guys: Have y'all seen the shot of Venus' surface done with a C14? Interesting, to say the...

Ok, I think I'm sold on Orion's ED80. I read that Company Seven checks things over before shipping and that they correct collimation issues. I looked at...

It only happens a dozen times a millennium, it last occurred over a century ago and no living soul has witnessed it. But on Tuesday June 8th you'll be able to...