LONDON, England (AP) -- Scientists need help sorting through an unusual digital photo album: pictures of about 1 million galaxies. The catalog of galaxies...

To: All I recently purchased a Canon Digital Rebel XT. I'm considering to do some prime focus astrophotography with my Celetron 8. The Celetron 8 is about...

Moon, July 15, 0h UTC coords: 08 05 n 23 40 cent long trmntr: e 87.9 d sin cent long: 0.999 ecc ell: 0.125 dist: 235 878 mi / 379 608 km diam: 31.5' illum:...

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http://www.spaceweather.com/ Here the sunspot number is given as 20. At 150 X's the most I could muster was maybe 12. How do they come up with 20?

Asteroid Apophis (Greek for the Egyptian god, meaning destroyer), number 99942, first identified in 2004 and designated 2004 MN4, was recently predicted to...

I attempted to view Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) this eveining from light-polluted Los Angeles, specifically the South Bay area near Torrance. In my 10 inch SCT,...

It's time we do something about this cretin. read below canopus56 wrote to anonymous in the helping starlord thread: Your internet stalking of Mr. Bishop, a...

The Wikipedia image is probably the most honest and explicit representation of the awful 'sidereal time' reasoning which tries to bridge the difference between...

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Moon, July 14, 0h UTC coords: 07 06 n 26 42 cent long trmntr: w 78.849d sin long: -0.9811 ecc ell: 0.1319 dist: 233 456 mi / 375 711 km diam: 31.8' illum: 0.4%

Dear group, A very impressive cluster is M39 in Cygnus lying about nine degrees southeast of Sadr. Battling 5 Beaufort winds, I did not expect very much...

astronomical observatory at moon surface vis-a vis low earth orbiting observatory.....give your ideas....and help...i want it urjently....

The publicity coordinator in my club would like to produce a monthly local sky chart similar to the types seen in S&T. Is there a planetarium program that...

Just got a 10" Dob with 2" Crayford focuser. My current eyepieces are 5mm, 7.5, 10, 25 and 40mm in 1.25" size. Is there any reason to buy 2" eyepieces. If so,...

Good day I would like to hear from someone who has used the new and improved ShortTube 80-A from Orion. (see link below) I own a 10" Meade Starfinder Dob but...

" ... therefore, we set a new mission, which is to go to the moon and set up a launching there from which to further explore space." A "launching there"? ...

Moon, July 13, 08h UTC coords: 06 25 n 27 52 cent long trmntr: w 69.97d sin lomg: -0.94 ecc ell: 0.27 dist: 232 098 mi / 373 525 km diam: 32.0' illum: 1.8%

Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) is in Draco and maybe/almost visible in binoculars. I tried from home last night (Sunday, 7/8) with 10x42 binoculars but saw...

One major question has to do with the fine-tuning of our cosmos. Why is the universe equipped with fixed physical laws and with natural constants that are...