I am wondering if anyone makes use of a spectrometer when observing. It is said that the transit of the sun by Venus will yield information about the...

Hi folks; I will be at the SAS imaging conference at Big Bear and RTMC. I will be conducting opinion poles on TeleVue products and other things like newsgroup...

It's nothing that great, but since this is the very first astronomy pic I've ever taken (digital or otherwise), I thought I'd post it...

Will it be possible to view the transit using simple pinhole projection? If so, are the any recommended sites describing how to best make a pinhole...

Heres's a paper on Mcneil's Nebula - clearly an amatuer activity :). Dark skies, tom =========================== astro-ph/0405481: Title: Near-Infrared...

I have a friend who offered to sell me an older Celestron that he hasn't used in about 15 years. It has 8" aperture and is an SCT on a mount. At the moment,...

This last weekend was not anything special, The whole last week had been a bummer, as out here in the High Desert all we got was windy day after windy day. I...

For those who haven't see it, Rod has a very good mosaic at: http://www.lpod.org/LPOD-2004-05-24.htm Clear Skies Chuck Taylor Do you observe the moon? Try...

I've just come across a White tube C8 SCT in like new condition, for $1000 US. Fork mounted setup. Built in the mid- 1980's. Includes original...

Greetings all. I have a question about CCD chips. I have very little knowledge of how they work electronically and I was just wondering (obviously...

Greetings, The new version of XEphem, the serious astronomy software for all UNIX systems including Mac OSX, version 3.6, will soon be announced. In the mean...

Hello, I would like a copy of the Strasbourg PN catalogue for use in observing PNs. I have been looking around the net but cannot find what I am looking for....

http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=1611 Clear, Dark, Steady Skies! (And considerate neighbors!!!)

I've been told that it is possible to do a lot of customizing to The Sky Pocket Edition (for the PocketPC), but its only possible if you have The Sky for your...

Hello, I am considering the purchase of a Nikon D70 Digital SLR for, among other things, astrophotography. I would be using it with a Mead LX-200 and...

bonjour, j'ai nettoyé ma monture equatoriale en la demontant. J'ai une question simple : avec quoi faut-il graisser les paliers et les vis-sans-fin ? il...

Can anyone explain the difference between the "L" models of these eyepieces and the regular? I think the "L" model is designed for faster scopes, but I don't...

Is there a published work (book, whatever) which describes all of the NGC objects?

I have to object to Jerry Warner and lal truckee characterizations of Cloudy Nights. The forums are free to browse WITHOUT having to give an email address. If...

This week we have NGC2336 in Camelopardalis. This giant spiral galaxy lies at a distance of about 96 million light years. It is 178,000 light years across or...