well heres details of my project, its a scope with a camera motorised mount, home made electric focuser ( made out of an electric screw driver) in a wooden box...

Supernova? About some astronomer. Don't know anything else, if it's fact or some fiction thing Just thought I'd let you guys know Martin

Serious, but daft, question by a student of mine at school... "Sir, what would happen to the Earth if it was plunged into the Sun?" I replied that it would...

I want a telescope for casual observing of the moon,it has to be portable,relatively maintenance free, preferably coming with a carry/transport case & I will...

Hi, Has anyone got any suggestions for the above? For about a dozen people at the start of December. Cheers Gaz

Looking at buying the LX90 8" LNTscope. I have an exsting canon 350D 8megapixel camera My question really is; With the scope, I would like to try tking some...

Group, I have added a page on my new Zeiss Binoculars (12x56). http://www.wps.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/binoculars_high_quality.htm I recommend all binocular...

Daily Telegraph, Mon 2005-11-07 p.20 : Adrian Berry appears to believe that the Iridium 11 satellite is permanently and brightly visible, stationary near Beta...

Dear All, I have a Meade LX200GPS 10" and the corrector plate appears to be quite dirty after the last few months of observing. Looking at it from an...

Some more photos from Madrid... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2005-10-03_annular_madrid/madrid.html -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

A beautifully clear evening last night. The full Moon shining on my newly laid patio (which nearly killed me!) encouraged me to pop outside and take a quick...

Tonight we have 100% cloud cover forecast by the Met Office and 0% forecast by Metcheck - both apparently using the same data! Time will tell which gets it...

Overheard the two Radio one muppets (don`t know their names or care much) mentioning something about "spectacular" and "space fireworks" on the above dates and...

I'll appreciate anyone familiar with nuclear physics answering this question. Here is a quote from a newspaper article on the atomic bombing of...

Was it Arthur C Clarke? Or was there someone before him?

Hello, I plan to buy a 150 mm dia. f/4 Newton from OO. Do you have any experience with these telescopes? Thank you for your help. Cheers Chris

I've just indulged an hour reading through the following website, which purports that the image archives from the SOHO satellite show that the sun has a rigid...

....but not one I've found answered in a FAQ. On a whim I bought my son one of those Lidl Meade Skylux telescopes last year. As it turned out it's not at all...

I have some questions which I hope the community at large can help me answer: 1. I see no mention made to the reference point used in the computation of the...

pretty sunset sky last night and earlier test shot of distant TV aerial and Venus very low on meridian in Sagittarius mid afternoon to same scale at ...