100% cloud cover here in BH22.:-)) Oh well. When's the next eclipse? Steve

I have a Meade DSI set up with a DSI wide adapter and a Tamron lens. I have taken several pleasing photo's with this using Meade's Autostar DSI program ranging...

Hey guys. I've just spent the evening dusted off my 10 year old Tal 2M and am fancying having a bit of a bash at some planetary photography - I've...

Here are my preliminary, rushed, images of the re-appearance of BY Cancri from behind the South Pole of Saturn. The ingress occured a such a low altitude I...

Hi folks, the spirit level on the used scope I bought today is broken. The mount is an EQ4. Anywhere where I can get a replacement? Cheers, Texy

A beautiful clear day for once, ending is a lovely sunset over the sea. Interesting to compare the size of the Sun's apparent disk from being high up in the...

OT for UK.sci.weather perhaps but we'll see what turns up... Looking at some of the space exploration threads spamming newsgroups lately, with such things as...

An image taken last night clearly shows fragment B has split into two roughly equal brightness...

Ole Christiansen Roemer proposed in 1676 that light travels at an finite speed. He reached this conclusion by observing the moons of Jupiter when Jupiter was...

Has anybody had their january Sky and Telescope ? Owen

Hi all, I'm pleased with this Saturn image, taken this...

Any recommendations for or against the Revelation 8" Dobsonian (£229) compared to the Skywatcher Skyliner 8" (£379!)? What does one get for the extra £150? Or...

Dear group members, Does any body know what the supposed mass of the universe is and if so how it was worked out. I ask because I seem to recall that...

After many failed attempts, I finally managed to nail Phobos under extremely windy conditions last night. I was so delighted, I made a movie of the event...

I think I might be developing age-related cataracts. They are early stage and the only symptoms are a faint halo around bright objects such as Venus viewed...

Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept...

Walking back to station at Grantham tonight and saw a perfectly circular halo around the Moon reaching out as far as Mars was in the sky at about 12:30am....

Has anyone any experience of Burgess Optical Planetary EPs? I'm looking for an inexpensive 5-6mm to use with an 10" F5 GSO Dob. and at £45 for a 6mm they...

I know things are quiet on here these days but I have not seen a post on here for a couple of days. Is everyone out observing or have Wanadoo pulled the plug...

Hi all. I've just taken my First digital Deep sky image! I didn't bother with any of the dark frame stuff, I just took a simple guided astrophoto of...