Space Weather Message Code: WARK06 Serial Number: 122 Issue Time: 2005 Mar 07 0641 UTC WARNING: Geomagnetic K-Index of 6 expected Valid From: 2005 Mar 07 0640...

I have owned a few Vixen GP and GPDX mounts, but never one of the new Orion SkyView Pro mounts. How do the SkyView Pros compare? I am purely a "visual"...

While looking through the April Astronomy magazine, I noticed a small company who I've seen selling scope for awhile, but what made me look, is in their ad,...

I know I've seen a formula to determine if a particular pair can be split. It is based on separation, magnification and (maybe) magnitudes. Does anyone know...

Great BAA Deepsky Section Meeting Saturday at Northampton. During the lunch break I tested some more deepsky filters as posted...

I'm pleased to announce that the "Virgotraffen" star party will be held on April 8-9 at Satila Bygdegard in Sweden. Old and young amateur astronomers and...

Mercury's Spring '05 apparition: Bagged and Tagged! After a horrible Jan. and Feb., March is at least starting-out well. Arrived at my western-horizon-favored...

One has only to go to the hardware store to see lengths of pvc or galvinized pipe hanging on the wall to realize that while not apparent to that degree, a long...

Sky and Telescope, March 2005, Editor's note: "We're aggressively taking steps to smash both barriers (language and economic barrier) and bring quality...

Being a complete amateur, I dont like spending much on,what for me is only a minor hobby, anyway, a local shop has the Meade ETX70 at a good price at the...

I am wanting to buy a watch that tells ( local Apparent )Sideral Time. Does anyone know if a watch like that exists and where could I buy one ? Thanks, Fred...

I'm not much into the hobbie anymore so its time to part with my scope. I'm located in Antioch, Ca. (SF Bay Area). Here is a link to my Craigslist...

Well, it is time to spend some money on a laptop for astronomy. Any suggestions for which one? And yes, I expect to be doing CCD imaging. Qualities of...

Anyone have an opinion on those magazine cover bags they use? Do you think they increase sales (recent Astronomy) or decrease them? I don't buy every astro...

I need the top secret specs of those cylinder lenses used by Jim Badura and Baader in their star spectroscopes. The vendors wont divulge the data but surely...

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Messier special time of the year The Messier Marathon window respresents a special time of year for north latitude observers. It is the monthly dark sky...

Here's the closest thing I can do to a blog on one of last Saturday's side trips. Tom ---------- As part of a whirlwind tour of southern Arizona, we stopped...

Now that SAA has moved to Google, will the nut cases contnue to annoy us. Is there a monitor or is it the logonid that keeps them out.

After a long and very chilly night of imaging with my Canon 300D DSLR, I caught the Pitatus Sunrise Lunar Ray shortly before 6:00 a.m. EST (11:00 UT) through...