Moon, 0h UTC Mar 12 coords: 17 11 s 28 16 cent long trmntr: W 5.02d sin long: -0.088 ecc of ell: 0.999 dist: 244 789 mi / 353 950 km diam: 30.33' illum: 48.3%

What's the joules worth of potentially extractable energy that's existing between us and our moon? If we established the one and only MEL1(moon L1) of dipole...

Moon 0h UTC Mar 11 coords: 16 16 s 26 35 cent lon trmntr: E 7.301 d sin long: 0.127 ecc of ell: 0.973 dist: 247 581 m / 398 442 km dia: 29.99' illum:

I have an older Orion Optics Europa 250 'scope with 1.25" eyepieces. I also have a Canon EOS350D camera. I'd like to start some simple astro photography, but...

On Celestron's website, I came across the C-65 Spotting Scope which was cheap to say the least ( less than £100 ) but with the capability of 30, 60 and 90...

Dear Friends, The weatherman blew it again this evening with the local predictions but this time in my favour (!) where instead of heavily overcast skies I...

V3.20 of LunarPhase Pro has been released. LunarPhase Pro is a tool for anyone who wants to learn about the Moon or predict a wide range of lunar phenomema....

Moon, 0h UTC Mar 9 coords: 14 35 s 19 51 cent lon trmntr: E 31.827 deg sin long: 0.527 ecc of ell: 0.817 dist: 251 183 mi / 405 526 km diam: 29.55' illum:...

Dear Friends, The Greek gods expressed their anger this weekend in the most categorical way and adversely affected the first lunar total eclipse in three...

Moon, 0h UTC Mar 8 coords: 13 49 s 15 16 cent long trmntr: 44.06 d sine long: 0.695 ecc of ellipsoid: 0.546 dist: 251 982 mi / 405 502 km dia:...

We've booked our tickets for the morning sessions, so it's now safe to let others know :-) Merseyside Astronomy Day is organised by the Astrophysics Research...

We've booked our tickets for the morning sessions, so it's now safe to let others know :-) Merseyside Astronomy Day is organised by the Astrophysics Research...

Either our moon is losing it's orbital velocity as it's gradually leaving us in it's salty moon dust, as perhaps for the same interactive tidal related reason...

I've set up a new site specifically for astronomy and space related articles written by members of the amateur astronomy community...

Looking for something different to do this Saturday? Bring your family to join the Sheffield Astronomical Society at "Astroday" which takes place at Tapton...

As I was viewing the Lunar eclipse last night, I was trying to visualise what an observer would see if they were standing on the Moon looking at the Earth. I...

Moon, 0h UTC Mar 7 coords: 13 06 s 10 07 cent long terminator: E 51.31d sine long: 0.832 eccentricity of ellipsiod: 0.546 dist: 252 178 mi / 405 841 km diam:...

Hello! I´m trying to find out what the black material is that can be seen in the bottom om the moons craters. Annyone have an idea?? Best wishes / Johan

Fantastic from Wolverhampton. . . best Lunar I've seen almost half now Anyone online watching the Eclipse too? --

Hi, I've just noticed on the BBC's website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6411991.stm there's a total eclipse of the moon tonight starting around...