Hello, Anyone from that meeting get a copy of the dover express? How did i look ? Was my piccy in it ? Can some nice person grab a copy of the rag for me if...

In uk.sci.astronomy Gareth Slee writted: : Million to One chance of a collision apparently. :...

I was out late last night looking at Mars, seeing was not too good but still got to look at it for a while. Then I decided just to have a look around with and...

How big are the scratches? Richard "GT" wrote in message ... I have a LX10 which I notice has quite a...

For some darn reason I wrote: Uranus appears a light green color while the dimmer Uranus is very blue. What I meant to say was "Uranus appears a light...

Last night we had much improved seeing at University of London Observatory, Mill Hill. Some of the improvement may be due to my placing a large fan by the...

What you learnt at school and in some books is false! There aren't on one side telluric planets (as the Earth) and of the other one the giant planets...

Hi there, I have been able to pinch my dad's Orion Europa 150mm reflector for a few weeks. last night I had some clear skies and had a look at Mars. I was...

Hi there, I've wanted to buy a telescope for ages, and with mars so close I really want to. I've been warned off cheap ones, but I was wondering if people had...

Had a frustrating first night's viewing, and can understand why there are so many adverts which stay For Sale - Telescope (Only Used Once) !! I got my...

"Martin Anderson" wrote in message ... ....an array of stars that looks like an upside...

im looking to get into astrophotography and am wondering what would be a good starter camera to buy. i understand a basic mechanical camera is sufficient and...

This is where i started.. http://mypage.bluewin.ch/bm98/p740k/p740k.htm -- ________________________ http://robert.thegeakes.co.uk/ 51:21N 01:02E

"The Man" wrote in message ... OK we know that beagle 2 is going to land on Mars on...

Hi I wanted to buy an equatorial mount for casual viewing that will be left permanently outside. I was shocked at the prices (£150 +). I've got access to a...

im going to make a home made electronic focuser for my scope, which in practice means I am planning to connect a stepper motor to one of the focusing knobs on...

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:45:29 +0100, "Hayley" wrote: I couldnt see the polar cap at all last night but there was a thin-ish...

Folks I'd not planned to do any astronomy tonight, after the initial disappointment. Also heavyish rain in Essex didn't look to be conducive. And the Moon ...

How do you tell if you have a Plossl eyepiece? Thanks

I was trying to look at Mars this evening through a large spotting scope. Once I found Mars, I had a good view but trying to find it with the scope took ages....