Ian Sharp's meteor at dawn picture has made the front page of SpaceWeather.com - nice going Mr Sharp...

Finally it's arrived! \o/ I say finally, the delay was that the thing wasn't in stock and so I had to wait in a back order list. Still, FedEx delivered it...

Hi all, Did a 3 hour Perseid stint last night. Just as dawn was approaching I got this Perseid in Auriga in a brightening...

At least all is safely gathered in. A few surprises though. There is no power supply of any form. The user has to provide batteries (highly not recommended...

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Does anyone have any info or practical experience of the UK made Opticraft 8" Mak? TIA. Nytecam

In my quest to have the LX200 and DSI set up outside but controlled from inside, I am looking for a decent 240V AC to 12V DC power supply. I would ideally like...

Hi, Further to my recent postings about my back problems playing up, I'm now investigating options for having my telescope (8" LX90) permanently set up in my...

Does anyone know of (or have) a program that can do ZHR calculations live in the field? -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

FA:Skymax 127mm Mak telescope, ideal Astro or Spotting scope. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7537686641 127mm Maksutov scope (OTA only)...

....and a pathetic one at that! It's a mug's game ;-) I'm not even going to put the picture up it's so miniscule! 4 consecutive days of imaging (20 hours...

All, I have the Meade DSI Pro camera and an LX200GPs scope. I would really like to leave the scope set up in my garden and run everything from inside...

is it possible to get alerts about possible uk aurorae's by text message? thanks.

Hello Chaps I seem to recall posting this here before but i will ask again just to be sure :) Has anyone had a go of one of these fine english made bits of...

I've posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/300d.htm an experimental wideangle shot of Cygnus with a 85mm fl f/2 lens + prism on my Canon 300D DSLR and...

Hi: Are you talking about the controls in GuideDog's window, or the ASCOM control panel. If the latter, you may be having problems. That is, if you can't move...

The first batch of RCX 'scopes arrived today at TH. Mine is being delivered Thursday. Beware the approaching clouds....... Lawrence Harris

They're down safely. Phew. Jim -- Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk "There's no 'I' in team, but there is a 'me' if you jumble the letters up a bit."...

Okay chaps, here's a good one, My Meade LXD55 has become a home for a garden spider. It's about 3/4 of the way down the tube and seems happy in their (God...

Largish solar prom on east approaching limb may get active. Pic at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/pstnew.htm Nytecam 51N 0.1W