Beagle FAILED because the airbags leaked while the space ship was in transit. The spacecraft accellerated very slightly while on roue. Gas haze around the...

My posts don't seem to be getting through... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version:...

I was thinking of buying it, but was put off a little by its £20 price tag (that was the hard back version), having spent a fortune on books over the years....

A previous transit of Venus apparently alerted an astronomer that it had an atmosphere as it didnt have a clear edge but was fuzzy, but that was...

All, So now I've got all these lovely big .avi files, anyone care to recommend some (cheap or free) software to turn them into lovely small ..mpgs for...

Hi Anyone happen to know off hand if the "Skysensor 2000PC" will work with a "Mac"? Ian & Linda Jordan -- Please put out "TheFire" to reply via e-mail

During a brief holiday last week I walked a few miles along a Dutch beach of fine sand. Not for the first time I was musing about the familiar comparison that...

all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003 mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything else...

Hello folks, I ordered a Toucam Pro from Watford Electronics a few weeks back. They seem to be having supply problems...at any rate they keep saying Real Soon...

Hi all! As far as I know, Astrostack can only produce images in black&white. Do you know any software that does the same but the result can be saved in...

I want to approach the local council about asking them to sheild a street light at the bottom of my garden? Which is the best approach? Does anyone have a...

I've seen the transition with the naked eye and was surprised that Venus was as large as it was. During the night it appears as a point-like light without...

It looks like the programme today may not be just the usual repeat but will contain a round up of the transit Robin

every one said the 3rd contact was hard to estimate to work out the distance to the sun as it was difficult to time it properly. my thought is that surely the...

....a program on BBC2 relating to the transit of Venus. I've no idea who the blokes were toward the end but they "had learned loads of stuff today. It was...

Dear All, I've just posted the new "Image of the Week" at the Bellatrix Observatory's website: http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org/picture.html It is a...

Interesting reports on the black-drop from yesterday's transit. Some saw it while other's didn't. So is it real? Well, nothing happens to create this effect...

Don't forget Cassini makes its fly-by of Pheobe today. Hope they keep the web site up to date: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm Robert Chafer

Being retired I watch TV all day and observe the stars all night. Anyway, this morning the "Wright Stuff" did a piece on astrology. I missed a few details but...

It's given me a lot of pleasure over the last 6 months or so, therefore I guess I owe it this... 150k...