On July 18th 2005 the issue #5700 of the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (http://www.konkoly.hu/cgi-bin/IBVS?5700) reports the discovery of two new...

Hi, Did anyone see NLC this morning? I saw something which could possibly be NLC at around 02:20 UT this morning from Eastleigh(N of Southampton). It was...

More images/spectra of Nova Aql 2005 at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/naql05.htm Nova Sgr 2005#2 at...

For the latest view of the supernova in m51 http://www.robertvincent.freeserve.co.uk/snm51.html -- Wishing you clear dark skies Jim...

Hello Folks We had a great time in March here at Trefach when we held our first star camp. We had clear - and very dark - skies, gave talks in the day and got...

Did Brian May hitch a lift on one of the "Deep Impact" craft to take the pics accredited to him ?

Has anyone here used either the Baader Solar Continuum Filter (540nm) or the Baader Neodymium filter ? They seem affordable enough but do they deliver what...

Before any of you respond to the OP on the parallel thread do a quick Google "groups" search for the timewaster in question. 10K+ posts of total b=F8ll=F8cks...

First real night out with the DSI Pro last night and decided to re-shoot an old favourite,...

Hi If one has several different image-handling softwares on one's computer ..... each with *all the same images* in their respective libraries .... Does the...

tonight, first image with a Canon Rebel 300D at the focus of an 80*500 refractor http://images.ciel.free.fr/test/IMG_0108R.jpg 1/100sec exposure...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/triplesunsetplanetdiscoveredin3starsystem But not so good for astronomy with less night time..

Quote from Sky&Telescope website: "Mercury is about 8 light-minutes distant, Venus is about 12 light-minutes away, and Saturn is 85 light-minutes from us....

Hi all Last evening while observing the Alpine Valley area of the Moon I noticed a tiny dark object fly through the FOV it was a small elongated box thinner...

Hi, Anyone know where I can buy a CD with the above catalogue that lists the 19 million stars down to magnitude 15, one by one? I'm not too fussed about...

AA Institute wrote: I return to these groups again, after my writing absence, since I originally discussed my *epic* concept here, last year :-) ...

The first rain we've had since July 3rd, 0.6 mm so far today. The monthly total is now 5.4 mm, about 10 per cent of what I would have expected at this...

Hi! I'm looking for a pair of binoculars for general observing - clusters, nebulae, comets etc - for use along with my 6" newtonian. I've up to £200 to spend...

Whats happened??? I have just been sent to a site where i have to fill out a ridiculously long form just to read the ads??? How crazy is that??? Hands up...

It was a bit warm last night (lots of noise) and, if I'm honest, having just left a 40th birthday party, wasn't as finely honed to the task as I'd normally...