Titan's first visitor nears touchdown 08 January 2005 NewScientist.com news service Stephen Battersby More Stories Explo earth AFTER seven years riding...

Heh heh heh - only kidding! Can't remove daylight and see over the horizon from Selsey just yet! This one was taken on the 6th and the comet is a tad closer...

Hello All I would be very grateful if you could let me know the best telescope to purchase for £1000 (new or used) from the UK.. If possible, it should be...

Machholz puts in a brief appearance north of the Border. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geoff.smith5/colour%20machholz.jpg

Dear All, Just a short note to inform you that York Astronomical Society shall be=20 hosting a lecture this coming Friday where the guest speaker will...

Dear All, Just a short note to inform you that York Astronomical Society shall be=20 hosting a lecture this coming Friday where the guest speaker will...

A roughly processed image grabbed before the clouds came in tonight. I've got a few more to add to the stack later so the tail should come out with a bit of...

Tonight's pic of Comet Machholz via Canon 300D/Rebel posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm

I am newcomer to astronomy. I have a 6" Newtonian relector f/5. it was supplied with a 25mm wide angle lens & a 10mm lens. I have spent some time getting to...

Lovely sight tonight. The Pleiades make finding the comet a...

Hi At ~ 15:30 yesterday (26/12) I noticed the moon low on the NE horizon, 'full moon' had occured ~ 25 mins earlier. On turning around I could see the sun...

Just cleared of cloud here in SE England - tonight's pic of Comet Machholz beneath Pleiades posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm

I have been pondering having a telescope in a fixed position with a CCD Camera on it. for a few weeks and to image something on a regular basis to see it...

could some one please recomend a suitable peltier for a moded toucam 2, there seems to be a large range on rs components. Thanks Rich D

Hope it's not a dumb question from a sad SF nerd again... Planets with a major environment-type are common in science fiction (eg. Tatooine: desert world,...

Connacht Starparty,Galway City, Ireland , westwoodhosue hotel, 29th January This year we have chosen a theme which is currently very much at the forefront of...

Optical telescopes would also be more useful, or at least more easily serviced, than ones in orbit. Being on fixed ground would make large arrays more...

The frequency of emails with viruses arriving on my PC has risen sharply in the last couple of months (nearly all called W32sober, though they are beginning to...

I finally found Machholz in my scope tonight, after a couple of nights just spotting it with bins. In my polluted sky it's deeply unimpressive, just a smudge...

A frustrating night on the 1st followed by a clear night on the 2nd. Update page...