I recently bought a Bushnell scope for £200 and posted a message asking if I had bought a good'n. I didn't like what I was gathering from the opinions...

One of the clock motors in my 30 year old 8 inch has quit. Does anyone have a spare they don't need? Keith

Can anyone tell me how to get started in amatuer radio astronomy..any web sites !! Thx

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I viewed mars last night, from the northern hemisphere, with my cheesy cheap-oh taso 11TR reflector. (sorry some people are low budget) and, not being too...

I am looking for a telescope for viewing sunspots and other solar features. If it's usable for other purposes (especially viewing features on the moon), all...

since im anewbie, i have an etx 70 that my wife bought for me with the 25mm eyepiece , mars is a pinhead with the 9mm its a 3/32" size with the 4mm its a...

Somehow I deleted a newsgroup. They usually posted photos of galaxies, star clusters, nebula, and the like. Please, does anyone know what, which one I am...

Hi All, Will a Meade 2x Barlow #124 be suitable for my Meade 4500 series scope? Thanks Buzzy :) -- Buzzy's Stall Wall www.buzzys.net

I have a new toy, a Meade ETX-70AT. Very cool. It seems like it has some relatively decent optics, the little computer control handset has a really bad user...

Hi I live in north devon and was looking to the west at about 1:40 this morning when i saw a really bright orange streak then just after it disappeared i heard...

In article dsP1b.238008$uu5.47645@sccrnsc04, Jake_Dragon says... Nobody in alt.conspiracy.retards has an attention span long enough to read this. Please...

The weather finally cleared and I could get my new toy out (a Meade ETX-70AT) and look at Mars. I keep reading that Mars is currently something like 1/70 or...

I live in South East England, is it too late for me to see Mars with the naked eye? If not when and where should I look? TIA. -- Regards.

Of all the planetarium software programs out their which is the most accurate as far as the positions. Like RA Dic, AZ Alt of the planets and stars and rise...

Hello. It's on sale at Amazon right now - $94.99 with free shipping. And they ship within 10 days even though they say "out of stock". Check it...

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:33:01 -0400 (EDT), (Shirley) wrote: From my 13 y/o grandson: What would happen to earth if there was no moon? Thank...

".\\P3_KiT$T€R" wrote in : Am new with all this, but just got a Meade Telestar...

Doc wrote: I'm waiting on delivery of a Tasco Galaxsee 4.5" reflector, but am advised it only has one eyepiece with it, a 4mm. While waiting, I'd like to...

Around 11:45p.m.e.s.t., looking southeast, I saw what appeared to be a really bright star, which I believe was Mars. Please know I am very new to this. In...