One of the most interesting articles to come along in the area of planetary science can be found in the special issue of Physics Today, which is devoted to...

How big of a Newt scope do you need to begin to see dustlanes in Andromeda?

Weekend Report Friday the 9th of April, was not the best of nights, in the west Venus played tag with the tops of clouds until it was so low that they covered...

Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for yourselves over the years of your observing. I've bought one.

Here is a time lapse taken by someone in Germany of the ISS passing infront of Saturn. He took it with a C 9.25 and Toucam pro and separately processed the...

Does anyone know what kind of policy the Cassini imaging team have regarding the public release of images? Cassini must have taken many thousands of pictures...

Is there anybody knowing if Meade or other manufacturers are going to improve the existing Meade Field de-rotater? The main problem with this piece of...

Is there anybody knowing if Meade or other manufacturers are going to improve the existing Meade Field de-rotater? The main problem with this piece of...

I am looking for a decent refractor telescope for under $400 to go along with my Meade ETX90EC. I want it for quick viewing of the moon and planets. I was...

After following a thread on a Yahoo binocular group a few weeks ago about seeing M57, the Ring nebula, in small binoculars, i wanted to try myself from a...

Hi all, Today I posted a lunar observing report in the Solar system section. On March 28th I observed the 7-day-old moon and shot some digital images. You can...

From Internet Storm Center: University Security Problems - Solaris and Linux It was brought to my attention that several University environments have...

If anyone has purchased a observatory dome from Moonshine Domes out of El Paso, Texas (or if you know of someone that has) please contact me at ...

can anybody help me?

Greetings-- I thought we could take this opportunity (no pun) to put forth our prognostications about the current status of life on Mars, based on the evidence...

Thats right I will decied how to vote, not by your febble attemps to push me one way because you say "The Stars have written it all ready". John D. Sabia

Thank you all for your cogent and pellucid replies to my question "Geometry and Leveling of Equatorial Mounts." I am only a bit older than when I asked the...

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"Kevin" wrote in message ... And seriously, would I be better off using the money to...

After a year of starts and stops in astronomy, I am still a rank beginner (***sniff***, OK I showered, so maybe I'm not so rank anymore). But I find many of...