There will be a free web-based seminar for people interested in learning about performing spectroscopy from their backyard sponsored by the RAS Observatory and...

Hello all I have been capturing some long exposures of the heavens on 35mm film with varying levels of success. The biggest problem I have encountered is...

Hi all, Although it’s another 6 weeks till Christmas, you already can enjoy the view of three celestial Christmas trees around this time of the year: M 39, M...

This list is for people interested in learning about hunting for asteroids using the internet as a resource. There will be a free web-based seminar sponsored...

No dates yet? Roger

After so many weeks of cloud, we have a really clear night out there - totally ruined by idiots throwing smoke and powder into the sky. When will they ever...

Managed to see Mars last night for the first time using my Meade ETX 90 wuth a 2x Barlow and 26mm eyepiece. Saw a small white/slightly pinkish disc with a...

Hayabusa's Scientific and Engineering Achievements during Proximity Operations around Itokawa Hayabusa arrived at its exploration target, near Earth asteroid...

Many readers will be aware that Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 published a list of mountains in Scotland over 3000 feet high. These are numbered in descending order of...

I've always been puzzled that even 'planet-sized' moons such as Titan don't have any satellites going round them. Is there a particular reason?

argos sell a celestron 60mm refractor,is it a good beginners scope for the observing the moon/jupiter/saturn? thanks.

Hi there, The following Televue items are up for auction on Ebay UK. There are no reserve prices above the minimum opening bid. Have fun - Make my...

Did anyone notice a meteor over West Worcester this evening (and no it wasn't a firework!!)?

Anyone know what is the nearest G2 star to ours? Anyone know what percentage of stars in the galexy/universe are G2 types? TIA.

Looking at buying the LX90 8" LNTscope. I have an exsting canon 350D 8megapixel camera My question really is; With the scope, I would like to try tking some...

want a scope. best mag i can get obviously prefer something automated new or used. anyonw selling one also let me...

On the night before last (3-11-05) about 7:05 pm I saw a spectacular fireball and train from east Kent. It ran from Cas in the NE right across through Herc and...

Hi everyone! When I was a lad, we used to live in West London. At a point where Goldhawk rd, Askew rd, and Dalling rd met up, it was known as the Seven Stars...

We are now only a few "sleeps" from christmas so people will naturally be looking to buy nice shiny pressies for their nearest and dearest. Amongst those shiny...

18:46 02 November 2005 Astronomers have obtained the closest glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole thought to lurk at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky...