Hi Anyone have anything good/bad to say about the range of SkyQuest telescopes from Orion? I am thinking of getting the 10" Steve

following on from last week, and with clear skies, i have the natwest tower to the south, between me and where i last saw it, plus planes flying into LHR on...

Hello all, I have been seriously thinking about buying a telescope for a while now, and I have now earmarked £400 for it. I have researched the web and have...

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:07:19 -0000, "Simon Zerafa" wrote: Does anyone know of any local Astronomical society based in Pembrokeshire My searches to date have...

Anyone else downloaded the first data update for the Maestro software? Quite neat, although on the main 3D view I had quite a distorted view with quite a bit...

Because the rover cameras are about the same height as a human, we're getting some nice panoramas, but they would be even nicer if the rover could get up some...

Its at #maestro on irc.freenode.net more info http://mars.telascience.org/ Look forward to seeing you there. Home Page:...

Got my first chance to observe Saturn last night. Even at x200 the image looked much smaller than I had imagined...(is this normal?) I kind of imagined it...

Hello, I have been following Astronomy off and on for about ten years and have been using binoculars mostly during that time. However I have been for...

I was chatting to a trainee teacher who had been tasked to give a lesson on an astronomical topic. Her instructions were quite specific and the...

My son has recently purchased an 8" Orion reflector. The eyepieces supplied were upgraded to the super plosels. As they do not actually say super plosels on...

some moons in our solar system keep the same face always to the planet like ours, and plutos and others spin, why is that? is that a clue as to how that moon...

You can tell how green I am by this question. My wife bought me a Meade 60mm telescope for Christmas. I know it is not the best but I have to start somewhere....

I appreciate recommendations of useful books on practical amateur astronomy for someone with a basic 60mm refractor. Also any useful websites. Thanks RN

Anyone else see the docu about going to Mars. I thought it was pretty good, better than the usual dirge C5 serve up.

V1.61 of LunarPhase Pro has just been released. Full details of the software can be found at: http://www.nightskyobserver.com/LunarPhaseCD New to this...

I building a pier, and want to surround the pier and telescope with a shed. It has to have enough room to move in and have a computer etc. I have noticed that...

Listers, I would like to solicit comment vis-a-vis an image (taken by an amateur astronomer) that appears to show two dark objects which quickly traversed the...

Anyone know the power of Galileo's telescope(s)? RN

My site though well away from any major cities does suffer from moderate light pollution from localised sodium light street lamps etc. I have heard mixed...