I got a 2" Astronomik CLS filter a few days ago from Modern Astronomy (good communicative people to deal with). My adapter's not arrived yet but a bit of...

Greetings, Having been around the skywatching game for some years I thought it time I bought a better scope - something to accompany me into my dotage. Yes I...

I decided I'd let the camera take the strain on Thursday evening, stuck it on a tripod, pointed it at the only patch of sky that wouldn't be affected by direct...

To anyone in northern UK. Sorry. The weather for the last couple of weeks of bad weather is my fault. My punishment period should be over at the end of the...

I have a 32mm Meade super plossl which has sat virtually unused on my guide-scope for months. When I went to use it the other night, I found it stinks like the...

Looking for advice on which Telescope to buy. I was living in London for 8 years and have now moved upto Northumberland, and as it's actually dark at night, I...

For the latest Hanwell report on Gamma Virginis - see: http://www.hanwellobservatory.org.uk/ and follow the links. Regards, Dave Randell

One of the thousands of asteroids orbiting the sun has been found to have a mini planetary system of its own. University of California, Berkeley, assistant...

Couple of great colour DS images by Nik Szymanek on Telescope House website...

Dear Friends, Worrying that I would not image any Perseids very early this morning (previous negative experience), I decided to play it safe and have a double...

While going though images of (attempted) perseids on ThursdayPM/FridayAM I've noticed a slow moving object. The FOV of the images are about 24 x 30 Deg and...

A group of observers gathered at Patrick's house last night to observe the shower. Patrick also joined us in the garden which was nice. Intermittent cloud with...

Nice and clear here in Cumbria ATM. Not too many about though ( 8 in past hour + 1 non Perseid) I am typing this out in the garden as I am watching over my...

It's not very impressive, or even correctly aligned. I was hoping for more to work with. There are two reasonably bright perseids and another two faint ones...

Hi all, Here... http://www.astro-sharp.com/perseids2005.asp is a summary of my bag of meteors captured (so far) in the Perseid meteor shower. One high point...

Suprising news from Mars BUSH ACQUIRED BY MARTIAN ZOO OLYMPUS MONS-President Bush, who in 2004 announced his desire for a manned mission to Mars, was...

Due to not having access to BBC4, I was unable to view Saturdays proceedings. How was it, anyone? Also, does anyone know if these programmes are to be shown...

Hi all, I've been enjoying using my LX90 for the past couple of weeks but an ongoing back complaint has started to play up (I tore a disc earlier this year)....

Ladies and Gentlemen, any change in the recent clear evening weather can be blamed squarely on me...! my new(well, new to me) OMC 140 is iminent! or does it...

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