Hi, I recently bit the bullet and cleaned my corrector plate. I've never cleaned it before and I bought the scope second hand (8" LX10) so it has built up...

Saturday early morning I saw a very nice noctilucent cloud show. Some amazing structures were seen and I hope you can check out my...

Look at the raw images from the recent 350, 000 k pass of...

Interesting site about aiffliate programs How make money on the net. www.godollar.net

the cassini probe is going to pass between the F and G rings, this will no doubt bring some fantastic imaging opportunities but isnt it a little risky? whats...

I think they were missing the eyecups. But otherwise worked fine. Were in leather case, a few signes of scuffing here and there. They were being sold on a...

Hi all, If you get a moment please have a look at http://www.freewebs.com/stormlex/ These are my first efforts at astrophotography. The telescope is...

are these two names the same scope? Thanks Simon

where could I find a breakdown of the light output of our sun at different wavelengths? I have got a 713Nm pass filter and was thinking of taking some pictures...

I've asked this before, but never had an answer. In "2001: A Space Odyssey" Arthur Clarke writes "As long ago as 1945, a British astronomer had pointed out...

What is the optimum temperature difference between ambient air temperature and the surface of a anti-dew collar for a 5" mak. Many thanks for any replies DS

Yes - I'm still catching up on my recent photo frenzy and have moved into the transit zone - not bad one month on. For all of you with detailed shots of the...

as sold on ebay for not much money. any good? or as good the price suggests!! thanks for any advice Simon

A few weeks ago I changed my camera to an Olympus Camedia C-50 particularly because it has a remote control facility which I thought would be very helpful in...

this site hasan interesting article - wondering if there could be any truth in it all??? the site says it all.. but what if it is...

This web address was given to me recently by a chap who does a lot of sailing (he uses the forecasts to plan trips). Amongst lots of other stuff, there is a...

I was sorting through some old photos when I came across 2 I had taken simply by pointing the telescope at the planet and letting the camera do the rest. I was...

Well done to Maurice for a familiar name appearing in this article on spectroscopy on the Sky & Tel...

Is it me or the bad growing year we seam to be having.. I am getting about 30-40% of my tomato fruit suffering from blossom end rot. I never had it this bad...

Hi, Just to let you know I have put my Skywatcher 102mm f5 refractor, 1.25" & 2" diags, 32mm Erfle, 20mm & 10mm celestron plossls and 9mm & 5mm Vixen...