Chaps, Ive finally got round to scanning the best picks of my film astro pics and built a page for them on my...

Taken a look on www.amazon.co.uk and typed in constellations and there are loads of books! All i want is a book just on constellations, what they look like,...

Skies clear after UK storm - except for thin cirrus - Comet Machholz near to Pleiades tonight posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm in single...

"theophilus" wrote ... Bookmaker Victor Chandler is donating £1 to the Tsunami Disasters Emergency Committee for every bet placed ...

For the first time, astronomers have measured a precise parallax for the young star T Tauri: its distance is 462 +/- 9 light-years. In contrast, the...

Hi All, I'm thinking of getting a Sphinx mount has anybody used one yet and has good things to say about it or is it so good that they want to sell it to me...

I'm considering building an observatory, probably of the run off roof shed variety, with the telescope mounted either on a cast concrete pier or on a metal...

Just had 2 of the following !! AuroraWatch Alert, 23:01 UT 07 Jan 2005: VERY LARGE increase in local activity, possible...

Hypothesis: On the basis that our sun is huge hydrogen (fusion) furnace, the sun's brightness (temperature) and/or emissivity (albedo) can be affected by the...

I receive a Celestron for xmas and am looking for the program THE SKY ASTRONOMY SOFT. Thanks Andrew

Just got a new celestron nexStar 80gtl with the progrom The Sky version 5 level 1 and cannot even open the program because it is in 16 bits, Can you help...

Hi all, Assuming I'm using: exit pupil = EP fl/(scope fl/primary objective) what is the effect of the central obstruction? cheers Gaz

The Canon EOS DSLR 300D/Rebel and 10D are limited to a max exposure of 30sec before Bulb for longer exposures is invoked ideally via a remote control release...

The ancient Milky Way abounded with stars a few times more massive than the Sun, say astronomers in Italy and the United States. These stars left their mark...

Hello, If you're looking to buy or sell used telescope equipment, please take a look at UK Astronomy Buy & Sell at www.astrobuysell.com/uk This site is about...

This just in from my AS mailing list: If you look at the http://www.spaceweather.com website at the moment there is an animation of Comet Q2 (Machholz)...

A picture of this beautiful comet. http://www.astronomike.net/fr_image_12384.html Other picture and an animation when I can connect to my site...

Anyone going to the Astrofest in London this February? www.astronomynow.com/astrofest

Might be worth a listen. This from DigiGuide SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTARY: Running Rings around Saturn Channel: BBC Radio Four 854 Date: Thursday 6th January...

SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTARY: Horizon Channel: BBC 2 East 102 Date: Thursday 13th January 2005 Time: 09:00 PM to 09:50 PM (starting in 6 days) Duration: 50...