The Messier Ten Minute Challenge M81 - Galaxy in Ursa Major Messier 81 (NGC 3031) in Ursa Major is one of the nearest galaxies beyond the Local Group. The...

Hello I have been working on a spreadsheets of dates for Easter from 1593 to 2999 by date and have noticed something. Does anybody know why, on many...

The Messier Ten Minute Challenge M77 - Galaxy in Cetus Messier 77 (NGC 1068) is an attractive spiral galaxy best known as having a bright Active Galactic...

NASA’s Earth Observatory is temporarily off-line. We anticipate returning during the first week of March 2008; please check back then. We apologize for any...

Images of Saturn (7) - The Other Side of Iapetus Cassini captures the first high-resolution glimpse of the bright trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon...

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These are being advertised on a regular basis on Ebay and other sites. Anyone have any idea what the optical quality is like ? They look pretty cheap (102mm...

Images of Saturn (8) - Chiseled Away Giant craters like the one seen in this view deform the shape of Hyperion, making it the largest irregularly shaped body...

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I all, this is a new shot of the weak nebulosity around M42. www.danilopivato.com I have made 8 hours of exposures, divided in two separate nights from the...

The Messier Ten Minute Challenge M65 and M66 - in Leo Messier 65 (M65, NGC 3623), together with its neighbors M66 and NGC 3628, form a conspicuous triplet of...

Hi all, Here are a couple of shots from last night's eclipse. A rare sight from the UK I gather. Lots of hazy cloud around made getting the right exposure a...

Firstly apologies if this has been covered before. I have an interest in astronomy. More than a passing phase and greater than my pair of binoculars I...

Images of Saturn (6) - Ring Tableau The Cassini spacecraft observes a gathering of three moons near the rings of Saturn. Largest in the scene, Mimas (397...

Just a note to say that the BAA Deep Sky Section will be holding its annual meeting in conjunction with Cotswolds A/S on Saturday 1st march at Century Hall,...

A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever...

The Messier Ten Minute Challenge M64 - Black-Eye Galaxy in Coma Berenices Messier 64 ( NGC 4826) is best known for the dark structure which is a prominent...

The giant camera known as SCUBA-2 will be transported to the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) on top of a 14,000 foot mountain in Hawaii where it is...

Hi All weather permitting what time Wednesday would be best for viewing? Cheers Bill

Interesting one, this. My wife came home from work yesterday with an interesting bit of news; one of her collegue's husband works in the lighting bit of my...