Let's all hope that every one of these lunatics, The Dixie Chicks (including the little fat one), Obama, Hillary, Russert, Olberman, Sawyer, Couric,...

Anybody out there have experience with both the dual-axis wood and metal platforms made by Tom O.? Specifically, how do they compare with regard to stability,...

Got a few hours of viewing in tonight - brought the scope in - and wanted to share a few thoughts on the subject. Alignment is a simple 3 step process: 1)...

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Hi all; it's been cloudy since one week and I had to find something of alternative to use my astronomy equipment (webcams and filters), so I took some...

What do you guys think about Pluto? Should it be considered a dwarf planet?

I am looking to get my wife some fine jewelry with an astronomical theme. I have Googled some, but haven't had a lot of luck, its all cheap stuff or...

A cloudy weather project for you: Suppose you could design your own astronomical magazine for amateurs. Excluding the pages devoted to ads, table of contents...

Moon 0h UTC, Feb 13 coords: 17 31 S 28 29 cent lon trmntr: 39.945 deg sin long: -0.601 ecc of ellipsoid: 0.87 dist: 240 828 M / 387 575 km diam: 30.8...

Your movie is being made. Astronaut Lisa Nowak's Bizarre Story to Become TV Movie Friday , February 09, 2007 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - You knew this was...

Hello, Does there exist any decent software that will plot the stars in a 3-D map and allow you to move around them with a click of the mouse? It seems most...

David uses a, gasp, Meade Schmidt telescope in his supernova and comet hunts. How does he make this "junk scope" work?? He "coulda had" an RC ;-) (1)...

As some of you know, my web site www.sidewalkastronomy.info has a photo section that some users here have joined and posted too, but this last week I had a...

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I have been out of observing for a while, and was looking for another small grab-and-go scope to get me back outside at night. I just saw this 80/480mm...

Moon, 02/12 0h UTC coords: 16 34 S 27 10 cent long trmntr: W 24.54 sine long: -0.415 ecc of ellipsoid: 0.952 distance: 244 214 mi / 393 024 km diam: 30.4...

Folks, Some sad news surrounding the well-known couple, Vic and Jen Winter, whom many of us know one way or another. Here is an obituary of the untimely...

Two weeks ago I was buzzing down 14 on my way home from Fly Fishing in Bishop. I looked left at a Rosamond off ramp and saw a Foster Freeze sign a little way...

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Though it's still in the thought stages, I'm kicking around the idea of a constructing a folded refractor with a fixed eyepiece for mainly RFT use (my 9.25"...