Hi all, Took these full moon images with the Patrick Moore's 15" f6 Newt on Good Friday. Canon 300D, ISO 100, 1/1000th sec. Two images stitched together by...

I'm looking to buy my first scope. I live in an area with light to moderate light pollution. Does this affect the performance of either a reflector...

I have added a section on fireball reporting to my web site at: http://members.shaw.ca/epmajden/index.htm This includes hyper links to Fireball Report Forms...

Can someone give me a good source for buying newtonian parts, in particular, tubes and rings? I'll be looking for a very light but strong tube, probably...

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HUBBLE WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT: The following event at the Space Telescope Science Institute will be webcast live. Those watching the live webcast will be able...

I have the Orion shorty plus barlow, a 25mm, 10mm, and Orion epic ED 2 5.1mm eyepieces. The scope is Orion skyview pro 8 EQ. I'm observing Jupiter in this...

On a recent David Levy radio show there was Mario Motta describing a Relay-Cassegrain optical design: http://www.letstalkstars.com/20050222.ram I've not...

Okay, this is a thought very much in the preliminary stages and could very well prove to be unrealistic. This is the only forum I know of that I am pretty sure...

Hi, Does anybody have a list of the best things that can be seen with a (cheap) 4.5 inch reflector in UK skies now. We have seen the obvious (Saturn,...

Not realy much to post about, got set up by 6:30pm, first one to look was a lady who had crossed the street and was heading down the street and as she passed...

I was reading some of my special note files I have on my good old Atari TT and I found one where I noted that in Sept. 1998 I was just taking the then brand...

I appreciate your views and in some less inflamatory way agree with them. However complaining on a group site might make us feel better perhaps we could focus...

I saw these on the UWs swap page. I have no connection with the University but thought someone here might be...

I'm looking for a News Group, Web Forum, Mailing List, and/or ect.. on Spectroscopy and related topics to ask questions and such. Suggestions? -- Michael A....

Last night, I started grinding an 8" mirror. I'm following the instruction of Texereau and the Stellafane web site. I've used 80-grit to get down to 90+%...

I had been using "The Planets" http://www.cpac.org.uk/ to keep on eye on GRS and satellite/shadow transits. The new 'puter doesn't have Java so I am looking...

Just saw the Baader Genuine Orthoscopic on the www.alpineastro.com site. Are these the Zeiss equivalents or rebranded UO HD orthos? G.B.

Our server has already rolled off the previous post asking about this, so I'll have to start a new thread. Since it's spring break here, I don't have the...

There is a possibility I may be retiring soon to the Sebring/ Lake Placid area of south central Florida. Anyone who lives there or has observed from that area...