Chaps If the weather holds out(sat pics show its all good for about 24hrs) im off to the coast tonight to watch Mars rise from the sea! The quandry i face...

Quite a bright patch of the Milky Way in Scutum. The largish blob just right of centre is M11 (the Wild Duck Cluster). The star immediately above it is eta Scu...

Folks, What a crime that light pollution deprives each and every human being the ability to witness and marvel the beauty and aura of the Milky Way! We are...

About three weeks ago I bought my youngest grandchildren a pair of cheap prismatic binoculars each from a garage forecourt. Today I bought myself a pair just...

Is it just me or does anyone else find it a bit sad that we have to fire what amounts to a missile at Tempel 1?. No doubt scientists and the like can justify...

A few shots from last night (some reprocessed from my previous posting). Rather than waste the plane scarred image, I've annotated it to show the major...

Nice solar prominence rocketing into space in realtime now 0830BST = 0730UT. Nytecam 51N 0.1W

Finally bagged this nova discovered by Bill Liller in Chile 6 days ago. At -30.5o declination it's only 8o above the southen horizon but only 4o high for me...

Anyone have any recent (past few years) circulation figures for Astronomy Now and the american mags that are sold in the UK (I've checked abc.org.uk - nothing...

I've not yet finished the mag but from the 50% so far it seems like a pretty good rag. Most articles in laymans terms and easy to follow while...

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Is there anywhere in the UK that I can buy a copy of said software? Or am I stuck with having the gamble on sending to the company itself for a copy. All I...

The very first images taken with my cam. I know that beginners should practice on the Moon and planets, but they weren't...

Nova V1663 Aql is still blazing away in H alpha 30 days after discovery http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/astro2/spectra_18.htm Also spectra for two famous...

I've posted some pictures of the BAA Exhibition Meeting on my web site at http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html. A thoroughly enjoyable day as usual...

I was flying northwards from france two nights ago at c36000 feet and ahead of me was a mass of the most stunning powder blue noctilucent cloud I have ever...

Hello, I am hoping that somone can help me choose a T-mount adapter since I am a bit lost with the different models. I have a ETX125 and would like to hook...

LunarPhase Pro V2.23 has been released and contains two new additions: * The Lunar Atlas screen now shows the Moon in the correct orientation as seen in the...

My new scope arrived today so its my fault that all this cloud and rain has arrived, at least it has here :(

Hello all, interested in gravity lensing today and the distance needed from earth to see a split image or possible a triple split image. Anyone know some good...