Oh dear. Just now on the main news summary BBC1. "The NASA astronauts will look at the gyroscope that helps to steer the ISS." To think that the newswriters...

Can anyone say whether it's worth travelling to see this? Have never seen an annular eclipse and there are cheap flights to Alicante. Is it worth the...

Raining in SE today and no chance for solar obs but previous two days just posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/pstnew.htm Correction - sun came out...

Hi I have been getting conflicting advice from different specialist dealers on whether I should use a USB 2 cable with my Toucam ProII 840K/20 webcam. The...

....for me at least. As it was clear last night, I put the camera out to see whether I could pick up any meteors. After 31x30s images, with cloud looming...

Just a quick question on Hartmann Masks and Dew Shields..... I just made a dew shield for my 10" SCT out of one of those closed cell foam camping mats, for a...

Issue 8 of the "Photon" (PDF) astronomy ezine is now available. What's In This Issue: Lunar Miscellany by H.J.P. Arnold Maillcam Video CCD Observational...

Why the US wants to end link between time and sun: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05210/545823.stm Best, Stephen Remove footfrommouth to reply -- + + + + +...

Hello, Is there anywhere on the internet that sells filter cases. I have just got some filters and they came boxed loose. Many thanks Mike

Hello everyone, In 2003, during mars' last apparition, I used a great web site which was a version of mars viewer - only it was in colour with all...

Hi all. I'm new to astronomy and my LX90 and I'm having problems with my scope and wondered if anyone could give me some advice.. I'll phone the store tomorrow...

Does anyone know of any good practical guide or resource regarding the use of Meade's Auto Star database when out in the field? Here's a few reasons for my...

I used my LX90 for the second time yesterday and although the weather wasn't perfect there were large breaks in the cloud around 11pm. I saw the Andromeda...

I would like to find some actual PST (H-a) images - taken with the Coronado PST. The images listed as PST on a certain well-known page are not actually PST...

Looking online at these types of mount for widefield. I have read plenty about the fact that a simple drive will lead to errors as the angular rate changes...

It's been mentioned under another thread header so it's probably worth reiterating the fact that Saturday night on BBC4 is Astronomy Night. Listings he...

After a 5 week gap without sightings this morning's NLC seen from SW London posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/noctmg.htm 6 more pics taken over 15m...

I've just got back from a two week family holiday but you can work out where for yourselves ;-) http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2005-07/2005-07.html (I'll tell...

Dug out an old DSI colour shot of the nebula for the colour in-fill of the mono image posted a few days ago. http://tinyurl.com/csy5k Thanks for...

This is an email I received from Michael Horn, the official representative of Billy Meier in the United States. ====================================== ...