In article , simon.coombs3 wrote: any opinions advice experiences much appreciated I have no experience of Tal but I...

Interesting news article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/tech/3874419.stm - Mike

Hi, From a cosmological perspective, which is the better measurement of the size of the universe? a) Time * velocity b) Distance between starting position...

Hi, I spend some time on the nasa websites but I cannot find this information. As I understand, cassini is now travelling away from saturn on its elliptical...

Observing Report 7th July 2004 Equipment: Orion Optics Europa 250 ('Mini-Hubble') Objects: Murphy's Variable Nebula in the direction of M57 Murphy's Variable...

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I'm getting no postings here today. Problem? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version:...

UK astronomers studying the Tau Ceti system have discovered that it contains ten times as much material in the form of asteroids and comets as our own solar...

Many popular telescope software programs feature two main methods of telescope alignment. One star alignment for mounts which are perfectly equatorially...

Meade LX90. As new with original box. Meade 6.4mm 20mm and 26mm lenses. ScopeTronix Wide angle 18mm with thread for fitting to Nikon Digital Camera (not...

Hi all! During the last Venus transit, I took a photo of the event every 30 minutes. Now, I would like to superimpose all the images so I can see all the...

what would be the basic spec needed for a reasonable result? thanks for any advice Simon

I been pondering what the grey moon soil is really like and whether you can simply "just add water" to make it suitable for plants! Seriously, does the soil on...

V1.72 of LunarPhase Pro has just been released. Full details of the software can be found at: http://www.nightskyobserver.com/LunarPhaseCD LunarPhase Pro (for...

In particular this one: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA06096.jpg Question1: Is the granularity real or is it some artifact? Are we actually seeing...

Assuming that the Cassini mission is successful and that there is a fuel load left and the spacecraft is still functional, I wonder if Cassini could escape...

Ordered on Tuesday evening from telescopeplanet.co.uk (Wales). Shipped at 2pm Weds with full tracking via 'net. Arrived in Cambs at 1:35pm today. That's...

It's taken a while, but yesterday I received these very special...

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:36:58 GMT, "simon.coombs3" wrote: just after the first moon landing my father wrote to Nasa saying...

The postman should be bringing me an 8" newtonian telescope and an 'IBM PC Camera Pro' web cam this week. I have also ordered a web cam connector for my...