How badly infected or far gone is GOOGLE/NOVA Usenet? How is it possible that Usenet via GOOGLE is broken (again)? As others can see, the message or reply...

Hi group, I have recently bought a 2" diagonal for my SCT. It screws directly onto the rear cell. However, I have a dual speed Crayford style focusser...

Hi all, Here are some shots from the lunar occultation of the Pleiades that occurred on the night of 6/7 August...

Hi all, During the last few weeks I have been busy with deepsky observing and also with reading some interesting books on deepsky. For my latest observing...

Sporge flooding of uk.sci.astronomy will commence in a few hours. This will render uk.sci.astronomy useless. For an example, see Sci.Crypt. Supernews...

Hi all, For anyone interested the launch of STS-118 is being covered on NASA TV now. The crew are onboard and the hatch is locked. T-20 Minute hold has just...

Here's a mosaic of Clavius taken on the 4th August under reasonable seeing conditions. There's another set that's still to be processed covering the same area...

Hello, This is a very "noobish" question, but I was trying to pin-point, in utmost detail the exact universal address of a location on earth. So far this is...

Living in the middle of Sweden. Heavens Above gives the same time for sunset and moonrise (21:25 local time). Is this a rare occasion?

Moon, Aug 1, 0h UT coords: 22 23 s 10 27 long trmntr: e 61.85 sin cent long: 0.88 ecc ell: 0.216 dist: 231 395 mi / 372 395 km diam: 32.1' illum: 95.2%%

Hello, This is a very "noobish" question, but I was trying to pin-point, in utmost detail the exact universal address of a location on earth. So far this is...

Don't forget (as we are reminded by spaceweather.com at present) that it is the time of year when the Mars Hoax e-mail does the rounds!

On Aug 3, 11:16 am, Rob wrote: And, of course, to 'prove' that no magic is required you need to explain (or eliminate) the...

Ok, well, not the most scintillating topic for a post here, but given the recent paucity of anything approaching on-topic posts, I feel justified posting this....

http://cas.sdss.org/astro/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=587738066739396663 Supernova?

On Jul 22, 4:00 pm, (Bobby In article 1184873139.211531.245...@d55g2000hsg. googlegroups.comBryant) wrote: sdr...

Okay, a general question: When people on earth view the night sky and say, "There's the milky way"; isn't that so redundant, it's wrong??? I mean we're IN the...

Okay, a general question: When people on earth view the night sky and say, "There's the milky way"; isn't that so redundant, it's wrong??? I mean we're IN the...

On Jul 22, 7:19 pm, "Damian J. Anderson" wrote: Just because something evolved does not mean it was not created. THAT is...

Moon, July 16 20h UTC coords: 09 42 n 15 13 long trmntr: e 66.39 sin cent long: 0.916 ecc ell: 0.485 dist: 243 894 mi / 392 510 km diam: 31.2' illum: 12.1%