Although most of us U.S. observation point amateurs will not see today's eclipse, there is a web based opportunity to watch along beginning around 18:55...

Posted my simulated totality for today's eclipse at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/solold.htm as a guide to location of proms 4 hours before central...

Comparing my images with The Sky & Megastar, I think I'm seeing stars around 15.5 magnitude in this image... Anyone know offhand how deep a 5"...

Is this evening's Pacific solar eclipse being broadcast/ webbed?

Here in the trailer park trialer #2 which is not owned by the park itself was sold and the new owner is doing a major makeover inside it. I've talked to the...

Short and sweet: I'd like one of these, and I understand a number of PST users don't like them and replaced theirs with a snap-on. If anyone here has one they...

Ok - on the 14th of April Mars and Neptune will be very close together. I hope to use the opportunity to actually "see" Neptune. I have a 4 inch reflector. ...

http://www.deepskysoftware.net/existing.html Special Offer thru 4/11/05 you can purchase my Deepsky Astronomy Software on CD for $23 or DVD for $45. Normally...

First, I am still learning, but something I have noticed bothers me. I have a permanent equatorial mount setup for my 8" Orion scope, polar aligned using the...

There is an interesting article in the May issue of Astronomy magazine that appeared on my local newstand yesterday: Reddy, Francis. May 2005. Stellar...

Nice grouping of them to the left of the planet. -Rich

I know it's not exactly government, but aren't electric companies publicly-owned utilities? I said to the clerk behind the counter that I thought this violated...

This is often stated like between 200 and 400 billion stars. How does one estimate this kind of figure? Is worked on mass alone or extrapolated brightness of...

Hi Guys, After 5 months without pictures, a very bad weather here, I completed my Leo Triplet by more luminance exposures and with the RGB information. The...

Hi everybody, I'm loooking for a way to pull back the focal point of my 10" f/5 Newtonian, by about 30mm so I can use a SLR/DSLR at the current Newtonian...

I'm trying to determine the best way to find the exact position to mount my primary mirror after mounting the spider/secondary/focuser. Right now I'm just...

I have been unable to log on to my Astromart account since March 26, 2005. Over the past week and a half I have sent half a dozen emails...

Don't worry! Buy American! - but make sure it is American! Some posts in this thread have made the point that a lot of American scopes are actually to some...

http://tinyurl.com/4qkl8 -- Hilton Evans --------------------------------------------------------------- Lon -71° 04' 35.3" Lat +42° 11'...

Guys, Here is some GREAT news: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/06/shuttle.rollout/index.html Anthony.