I know this stuff happens fairly often, but, tonight, starting just before sunset and continuing to 2100 EST, I saw five of the nine planets and number six...

I have a Meade 203sc with the lxd500 mount. The mount and tripod are terrible (unstable and plastic parts break easy). I recently got a Celestron CG5a...

Or is it just us three.

Hi All I just bought a Meade (It was advertised "LX5/2080" ) tripod with adjustable legs and eq wedge and a compass. Apparently it was as demo, never...

I've always loved astronomy. My father used to teach me about the names of stars and how to find them. Tonight, I saw a brilliant green shooting star and...

Hello all, I just noticed that they changed the relaese date of the Moon book by Woods from 2003 to March 2004. Also noticed that the Clementine Atlas of the...

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Hi Folks Well taking a peek at sunspots . My daughter and I saw this strange cloud formation. I uploaded a compressed pic to alt.binaries.pictures.astro. ...

Now it's only been 2 days since his capture, yet a company already has a "Captured Saddam" doll made with his beard, and in stores in time for...

Hi Group ___ 1. Can some kind soul please tell me what the four screws on the barrel of the Meade Cordless Illuminated Reticle eyepiece are for? Two are kind...

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What are you giving yourself for Christmas? Me: 9mm UltraWide eyepiece from www.scopestuff.com -- Martin Remove "ilikestars" from email address to reply

Hi all, On the stainless steel draw-tube on my (new to me) AP 102mm Starfire's focuser,there's a sticky residue where it contacts a surface. I'm assumingthat...

Dumb. I feel dumb. Fantastic night out there and I forgot to cap the finder while I came in for a warm-up. Dew City, baby. Ugh. Oh, well. At least the moon...

Why does my Prism diagonal 45 deg correct image diagonal make stars look like finely stretched stars? If I add in a standard mirror diagonal everything is pin...

I just received my third scope. An Apogee widestar 90. I also have a 15" dob I built myself and a Meade 4.5" Newt with a goto that never quite gets there. I...

Does anybody know the 2004 dates? Gary

Hi, I am compiling a database of astronomical audio recordings Can someone tell me where I could download a audio files (.mp3, .wav...) of the few X20 and...

I have a chance to trade for a 4 inch OTA that is advertised on astromart at these add numbers:214753 and 217604. It is a 4 inch f/8? I believe Spacia made in...

Since I'm fairly new at this game, I'm wondering if there is a site that has glossary of visual defects that would help me (and probably a lot of others like...