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

I see Sherwoods have some Inpro Nightfall 8x56 bins reduced to half price. Anyone know if these are any good? I've done a search for reviews but drew a...

Hi all, We are in the final week for booking in at the PSP. Those of you who have booked, I look forward to your attendance and input. Those who haven't...

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0503/02observing/ It appears that someone with an ISP in Afghanistan logges into the same data provider that heavens above...

Taken from http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v434/n7029/abs/nature03400_fs.html Transient astronomical sources are typically...

Happy Birthday. Jim -- Find me at http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk AIM/iChatAV: JCAndrew2 "We deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the...

Astronomical Tours www.astronomicaltours.net offers great discounts on last-minute reservations on their Galapagos total eclipse cruise next month. Check it...

Who wrote this precious commentary - ".... although they have extracted from them the apparent motions, with numerical agreement, nevertheless . . . . They...

Can we see this spacecraft tonight?

Cataloguers hold to the view that the Earth keeps the same face to the Sun over the course of an annual...

Astronomers identify the smallest star known to science that is capable of shining. Full...

Is this the place to learn about Astronomy? I have just bought a telescope and haven't really figured out one end from the other. Is there a beginers group in...

The following report reminded me I tried months ago to find a picture of the 10 year? orbital plots of the stars around the black hole ? at the centre of our...

After a long session tonight, the newly recoated primary and secondary mirrors are back where they belong and have been laser collimated. All we need now is a...

After spending Tuesday night getting the recoated mirrors back into the 15" OTA, last night it looked like we would be blessed with wonderful clear...

Is anyone here able to get mail to Fred Espenak at GSFC? I have some comment to make on pages such...

Hi all, In January's Sky and Telescope (2005) I read an article about rendering an image of the Moon into a 3D image using Photoshop. Yesterday I got my first...

Hope you enjoy. Look forward to seeing you Sunday. Best Stephen WHY WE LOVE CHILDREN _________________________________________________ A kindergarten pupil...

I used to have a dial-up connection so I rarely took a peek at this Newsgroup. Then I got Broadband so I began to check in regularly, hoping I might...

Astronomers you ain't,that much is certain.Even if you hijack the title and others do not notice you are little more than cataloguers. An astronomer has the...