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Hi there, Just wondering if someone could recommend a good beginners telescope. I've used a 70mm refractor for a little over a month in a nicely light...

Whitney Clavin (626) 395-1877 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. News Release: 2003-136 October 13, 2003 Space Infrared Telescope Facility Mission...

Sombody before him said: Except that today we have nuclear and biological weapons. We have over 6 billion people and how many nations? What...

I just checked apogee and they are selling these old 8" LX10 scopes at a bargain US900+ for the normal one and $1100 for the UHTC version. This is the only...

I am wondering what type of digital camera would be most cost effective for doing photography with my NexStar 8" Any help and ideas would be...

From Earth and with the nice 8" armature telescopes own by millions of armature astronomers do they take pictures of the Moon? When I was a kid I made a 4"...

Hello folks. I would be interested to know the views of this group regarding a manned mission to Mars. Any views on when mankind may embark on this quest? Lack...

Hello, I have a Meade 4500 on an Equatorial mount. The eye pieces I have are a 10mm and a 25mm, both from an old Orion 60mm refractor (They are listed as...

Hopefully, one of the ideas i'm conveying here is that gradually, over a long period of time, the planet Pluto has decreased in size. ahem Well, not exactly...

Space amateurs preparing to track China's first manned space flight BEIJING (AFP) Oct 11, 2003 Thousands of amateur satellite trackers around the world are...

Hi oc Curve space (geodesic) can be explained by using a rubber sheet,and like you wisely put it "that is a description". As you know to me curving of space...

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/10oct_doubleleonids.htm The 2003 Leonid Meteor Shower NASA Science News October 10, 2003 An unusual double Leonid...

Looks like OG is trying for a touch=E9 here- Yes, but you can't explain the mechanism of acceleration in flowing space. True, we can't explain the precise...

"Planet" doesn't really have a definition. Any definition that includes Pluto but excludes Ceres, Chiron, and Varuna -- or Ganymede or Titan -- would be...

perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was...

(1) JUST A SMOKESCREEN: 'METEOR' PIC WHICH FOOLED NASA The Sun, 7 October 2003 http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003461335,00.html By PAUL...

I'm about to buy my first 8'' S-C, and I wanted to ask the more experienced amongst you about the GoTo feature. Is it worth paying the extra difference? I'm...

I finally got my 8" skywatcher dob tonite :) Can't wait for first light... Forecast is cloudy tho' :) -- Clear Skies! John den Haan

Well someday we will be on the surface of Mars,and looking up at the sky. We will see the sun the size of a dime. On Earth it is the size of a quarter. The...