was able to observe Mars for the first time in a week this morning using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASH Naylor...

O.K. I'm sure you guys get this question so many times that it's starting to irritate you :) I'm new to astronomy. I did a year of astronomy as a filler...

INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT -- "HUBBLE ASSISTS ROSETTA COMET MISSION" (STScI-PR03-26) FOR RELEASE: 3:00 pm (EDT) September 5, 2003 CONTACT: Michael...

Hello to folks in Vancouver, I am wondering where to get astro-photographs developed in Vancouver. I had a terrible experience with ABC Photo on 4th Ave, who...

Can anyone tell me what can be seen from New York City with a 4.5" telescope? And can more be seen with an 8" one?

Seems the old saa web page http://www.saaweb.org/ has finally bitten the dust ...

Try: http://www.mcmastercarr.com Jim wrote: I've just finished a Dob mount and need some Teflon. I haven't been able to raise Ed at Tscopes.com by email...

Can't see any detail at all, not even the polar cap. Come to think of it, I can't see any stars either! Maybe here in Ohio we are experiencing the dust storm...

I went to the off axis site and everything is wel explained except one thing..THESE GUYS SELL DOBS...I wouldn't bring such a viral infection into my household,...

Date: 4 September 2003 (UT) Time: 10:00-11:15 UT (4-5:15am MDT) Location: near Gross Reservoir, west of Boulder, Colorado Elevation: 7500 feet Telescope:...

Amazing article about a recent observation of Halleys Comet. http://www.astrobio.net/news/article579.html Dave

Howdy Gang: Dang! This is gettin' out of hand! Biggest Skywatch ever! 15 pages packed with laughs, thrills and chills! And it is still free! To get it, go to...

Yes your observations are in line with current statistics. Delta has been 'flexing it muscles' so to speak for the last couple of years or so and now appears...

I recently sent my new condition Leica Zoom lens to Leica's service center in New Jersey for a cleaning...my eyepiece came back with 1/2 inch scratch across...

"Mage" wrote in message ... So are you going to reply to any of my posts?? I think im...

Hi, Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a couple of...

Has anyone in the group have experience using the new digital Dobs by Orion? How do they compare to similar versions of Celestron and Meades GOTO models? TIA

"Aladino" wrote in message ... Hello everybody. I'm looking at these two...