I was asked by someone who was told by someone else that the president almost gave an announcement of an impending impact just a few weeks ago. I went looking...

An overview of Hoagland's website says he will be speaking at an April 'X-Conference' in Washington, D.C. whe "Collectively, the X-Conference speakers hold...

If you read my earlier post, my stick on page reinforcement circle for EZ collimation came off - leaving a smudge that I assume I should clean before I put...

One of Clyde Tombaugh's handmade telescopes is for sell over on Astromart. My question: isn't there some museum or something for this kind of thing? Seems a...

I don't remember who posted a link to the spoof site about the "dangers" of dihydrogen monoxide. It was a funny site, but someone evidently didn't get the...

Since I am the owner of a newer, larger SCT (a 12" SCT) than the one I owned previously, I have discovered a shorcoming: longer cool down time. Yesterday, sky...

I notice that Konus offers a couple of refractors for under $100US. This is the price range of the toy store variety. Are these inexpensive Konus instruments...

Hi Gang: In a week or so I'll start seriously putting together the Spring issue of my Skywatch newsletter. If you'd like to contribute an article, I'll need...

What filter(s) if any enhance the deep sky objects, i.e., nebula's, galaxies, etc? Thanks. Robert

Just a quick note to say thanks to the several members of this group for their input on my questions several weeks ago about the quality of Canon IS 15x50...

Looks like Phil Plait (aka Bad Astronomer) got cold feet after shootin' off his mouth about how he was "going to take the gloves off" and deal with Hoagland's...

http://dir.salon.com/books/letters/2001/01/19/hawking/index.html

Is there a reason why the primaries for proposed ELT's are all circular? (plan view, I'm not talking about figure) Is there any reason why a rectangular...

Did anyone in the New England area happen to see the meteor/satellite flameout at around 7:30 this evening? I was in Ware, Mass (reasonably close to the...

Did anyone in the New England area happen to see the meteor/satellite flameout at around 7:30 this evening? I was in Ware, Mass (reasonably close to the...

i've been trying to find some answers to what I think are basic questions. Unfortunately haven't been able to find my answers. I have a low cost (read cheap)...

What is the correct word to describe Martian rocks? "Geo-" means earthly. Study of moon rocks was called selenology, I think. Is there a correct, official...

I received this news item from the Astronomical League, and wanted to pass it along. Ed Flaspoehler, President American Association of Amateur...

Okay, viewing in So-Cal around 10pm or 11pm. I think I was around Pupis but could be way off, I was very tired. Anyway looking at a open cluster that I...

Maybe I've ended up in too many killfiles, maybe no one has a suitable answer, but I'm asking this again just in case it fell below the radar. What's the...