Appreceating the astronomical Equinox occurs at dawn and dusk as the Earth's axial longitude coordinates run parallel with its orbital orientation at 90...

Hi All, I have a TV76 and I'm tryiing to decide between these two eyepieces. I can either buy a new Panoptic, or purchase a second hand Nagler 26 for about...

Can anyone point me to reviews of nebula filters built into binoculars? Celestron makes a 7 x 50 binoculars with nebula filters that flip into place when you...

Does anyone know what happened to Celestron's web site? I've not been able to get on it for several days now. Thanks, Tom

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- YES! Google has undergone some "interesting" transformations since they lost the most important election in human...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7502952474 THIS IS A HIGH END GERMAN MADE CAMERA FROM THE 1960'S, USES THE 126 FILM FORMAT- HIGH END LENS...

Hi, Three clear nights this week, so I've been able to take some pictures of the Moon. First, a moon mosaïc taken Thursday evening, 36 shots assembled...

Hi guys. First time poster long time reader. Just wanted to say "Hi" ;) On a side note my Hubby is REAL excited about this new IPO stock GRDX. They just...

Between that mission to Pluto or saving the Hubble. Which would you pick? -Rich

I've heard from a couple (semi-reliable) sources that Celestron is in deep financial trouble and that Meade is imminently buying them. Didn't they try this a...

You have succeeded, You have won!! Those idiots on this NG who like to quote that idiot Min verbatim to ensure he get's a hearing, those who are doing there...

Hi, I'm new in this NG but cann't find anything about the 12th planet. Have you had this subject allready or is it an idea to start a tread. I've found a lot...

Nothing new about that and Google. Been around for years on other sites.

Physicist Charles Townes, who won the Nobel Prize in 1964 for co-inventing the laser, has been awarded this year's $1.5 Templeton Prize. The Templeton Prize...

After some research, I'm nearly commited to buying an XT10i. Recently I ran across some information that suggests that the XT10 is made by two different...

I've been eyeing up a 16" meade LX but wonder about building my own. I'm not worried about how long it will take to build as its'a passion of mine to have one...

One of SAA's old time users who ran two e-mail groups ( one on yahoogroups, one on UK server ) has closed down the groups, says he's moving on. Sad to say...

Has anyone built or has a favorite viewing desk that they use in the field? I am looking for ideas to build a portable viewing desk/carrying case that can...

A website for the new Sky at Night magazine is now up and running at www.skyatnightmagazine.co.uk -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk Global Projects -...

I here a group of enviro-nitwits are trying to get teflon banned. http://www.ewg.org/issues/PFCs/20050202/index.php -Rich