Second time around tonight!!! Waiting for the moon to appear to look for Saturn I noticed a spectacular bright light in the eastern sky right by a group of six...

It's on Radio 4 now Steve

South Dublin Astronomical Society are delighted to announce that we have got the well known and eminent Guy Consolmagno to give us our talk next Thursday in...

David Copperfield (the illusionist, *not* the Charles Dickens character) is known for such stunts as making the Statue of Liberty disappear. You can upstage...

In article , "Sox-n-Eagles Fan" writes: Let me start out by saying that I...

Moon rather too bright for this picture, the portion you can see to the right being earthlit. Very windy...

Hi i want to buy a pair of Astronomy Binoculars.But i don,t want to spend a fortune about £200-£250 or cheaper and would welcome any advise fromany body that...

Hi, For the next 6 months I shall be spending a large part of the working week somewhere in the M4 corridor, with skies far darker than my native Manchester....

Hi there, I am as new to astronomy as ten minutes before this message. from the back of my garden lying very low on the horizon is (with a little help from a...

Does anyone know where I could download a celestron 114GT user manual from please? I looked on the Celestron website but couldnt find it. Thanks Simon

I've decided to have a look at imaging this winter, I've ordered a Toucam Pro II and a webcam/telescope adapter for my ETX 90, both should be here by the...

On Radio 4 2100 this Thursday, about " the race to build the worlds largest telescope, and how it involves 18 tons of glass cooling slowly under an Arizona...

Hi there all, I'm on the lookout for a 'low power' reticle/guiding eyepiece for use with setting up a Telescope. Something in the region of 20mm to 30mm...

Weather forecast was completely off last week. Assuming things were going to be pretty poor for the latter part of the week, I decided to do an all nighter at...

Hi all, This week the Sun seemed to be "on fire". A lot of large prominences where visible, and one of them was completely detached from the solar disk. I...

What is the smallest object that the HST could resolve on the surface of the moon? Would it be possible to see the remains of the lunar landers at the Apollo...

The last quarter moon is currently a fine object high in the western clear blue sky this Saturday morning. Has anyone tried imaging of lunar craters under...

The last two mornings a large prom has persisted on the 'bottom' of the sun seems of high northern declination eg ~75o latitude allowing for current position...

In article , "Androcles" Androcles@ MyPlace.org writes: If two stars were to collide, the result would be...

Hello, I want to sell my modified Philips webcam. The modification that i have made is the SC2 mod: - long exposure - amplifier glow control -...