Moved my Meade 10" OTA to a GEM and now I have several items for sale, in top condition (prices do not include shipping costs): a) Meade Standard FIELD...

I'm trying to work out percentage difference in solar radiation reaching a point on Earth at perihelion and aphelion. (At a basic level - not allowing for...

has anyone bought one of these? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&category=3636&item=6109502597&rd=1 I'm obviously not expecting too much,...

Does anyone know if we had a very active sun last weekend , or the arrival of a mass discharge say on Saturday. It would appear that a large number of homing...

The number of GPS threads on uk.rec.walking has increased to the point where some have complained. How about a new newsgroup uk.rec.gps? To cover all...

I've just recommissioned a broken Bausch & Lomb Criterion 4000. It's clear that I need a ground-based tripod. The books says: "... a very sturdy tripod with...

I'm looking for a Crayford focuser for a 6 inch Newt (Maknewt actually) The obvious online sources have failed to answer my email request or can't help Anyone...

Do you guys get involved with atsronomy pictures of earth? IE Nasa/Russian/Japanese/Arrianne pics/Data?

"Damian Burrin" wrote: Just got PocketStars on the PPC and am looking through the Messier and i've noticed an odity in thr...

THE APOLLO HOAX FAQ version 4.3 - July 2004 Written by Nathan Jones Subject: (1) Forward and Intent In recent years there have been many criticisms...

Only a casual sky-looker myself, I wonder if night-image/light-intensification technology is employed in astronomy? Tony

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Hello gang, I am searching for a 'light pollution' filter for my trusty Zenit 312m camera. Preferably narrow-band (Sodium-D if possible). Specifically the...

Didn't some silly bugger say that in the last week or two? -- Martin Frey http://www.hadastro.org.uk N 51 02 E 0 47

Hi, I am still very new to this but would love to try taking some photographs. I have a celestrone nexstar 114 I also have my laptop. I have heard many people...

Hi, Has anyone got a 30mm finder scope going spare and they'd like to sell? Something like a 6 x 30 to fit my 80mm refractor. I've got the...

I just obtained 3 CDs - The Second U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC2) - of some 48,330,571 stars, and the freebie software was written in...

Hi Everyone The current spate of bad weather over the country is my fault,Just got my new "AWR Technologies" drive system fitted to my 'scope (Vixen GPDX) and...

Lancs Uni's sent me 2 alerts just a few mins ago, last one said VERY HIGH and http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/ shows some interesting peeks...

Alan wrote: I've been waiting to observe M27 in Cygnus um...M27 is in Vulpecula :-) You get some right nit-picky people in here...