Dear group, Here is a result from last weekend involving a really sweet part of Cygnus where we have both emission and reflection nebulosity:...

Repeat post due to mysterious internet blockage! =========== A "new" CO2 molecule has been discovered on Venus which may explain the extremely high...

....when you have to go hat-in-hand to them to launch your astronauts for you. BBC: 19 July 2012 Last updated at 15:59 ET Syria conflict: West 'appalled' by...

Hi folks; Anyone know where I can get a new ROM for my Celestron Ultima 2000, with the Y2K update? Without it, I can't use the GOTO on planets. Thanks in...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pluto-moon-p5 The other outer planets have many many moons, perhaps Pluto, with five moons, ought to be...

My crosshair broke on the finder. Meade does not supply a replacement. It looks like it can be unscrewed from the "eyepiece" end. There are two slits 180...

Hi All, I've always wanted to shoot the Hourglass nebula in M8. This image was shot with my dual setup on the new 1600 mount. I have a 10" Mak-Cass on one...

AMA's resolution on light pollution, passed in 2009: http://docs.darksky.org/Docs/AMA%20Light%20pollution.pdf Uncarollo

Even $5000 apos, you can see the crudity. Rings having machine burrs buffed off by hand, poor fit and finish, second-rate anodizing and chrome jobs. I just...

http://esof2012.org/ I wonder how many of these people know what causes the temperatures to climb North of the Equator for the next few months and then...

Dear group, One of the oldest and most-studied open clusters is NGC 6791 in Lyra. Estimates range as high as 10.2 billion years-old (2004 study) and which...

JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that GOD hath raised HIM from the dead, thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (cf.THE HOLY BIBLE: ROMANS 10:9 and ACTS...

I would like to thank the folks here for the advice on adapting telescopes to photography. I will save this information and make use of it when I decide to go...

Space Weather News for July 12, 2012 http://spaceweather.com EARTH-DIRECTED X-FLA Big sunspot AR1520 erupted on July 12th around 16:53 UT, producing...

I have some questions about using a T-mount to put a micro-four-thirds camera on a telescope. 1) Is the way it is supposed to work that the telescope has one...

Another super image taken by Alan Friedman: http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/archipelago.html

Black hole shines a light on dark galaxies | Ars...

Dear group, Here is a result from a few weeks ago which I just finished processing. Sh2-84 is a dim emission nebula which lies at a distance of 16,300...

Space Weather Message Code: ALTK05 Serial Number: 694 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 09 0302 UTC ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2012 Jul...

A fairly bright nova has been discovered in Japan by Koichi Nishiyama (from Kurame) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki). They made their find on July 7, 2012, using...