Hi, I have purchased an ETX-125 recently and have difficulty finding the M43. Are there any ETX-125 users here managing to find the M43? Cheers, Michael

Ref: http://chandra.harvard.edu/ New evidence from Chandra suggests that supermassive black holes were formed within one billion years after the big bang,...

I have a few questions about the old 80mm Model 312 scope. First, it has a wooden tripod, painted black. What kind of wood is the tripod made out of? Second,...

I just finished up a test I have been meaning to do for a while. Using my proprietary scientific method, I compared the Orion collimation cap, Orion...

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Subject: San Francisco Amateur Astronomers 1952-2004 RIP S
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:45:37 -0800 As...

As many of you know, the interpretation of a blue moon as the second Full Moon in a month arose as a misinterpretation of a passage from an old farmer's...

Went out about 2am this morning to find comet Machholz in=20 Caelum. Even with the bright moonlight the comet was easy=20 to spot with 10x42 binoculars....

"Simple Traveler" wrote in message ... Alan Dyer has an...

I purchased an LXD75-SN8 last week from my local store, sent the warranty card off either friday or saturday. Got home today & there's a UPS notice from...

Hi All I am thinking of purchasing Skytools 2 to use in conjunction with CDC. It seems to meet most of my requirements, but I do have a couple of questions...

I thought I bought a Goto mount last year when I purchased my Losmandy Titan. What I got was a good quality regular mount, IE, it will track in RA but...

John Steinberg: Cheap, really, when you consider the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese sold for $28,000. Damn! I was sniping this one, but my bid for $28,001 was...

Hello everybody, Sunday night, I've done a few Clavius Pics with my chromacorr II enhanced 6" Achro refractor at quite good seeing. Find the pics in my...

I currently own an older Meade Polaris 114EQ-D scope on an equatorial mount and was wondering if anyone else has been able to use the Orion AstroTrack EQ1...

Hi, One of the things that gets me about binocular books is their emphasis on telescope targets. Something on the lines of "... but to really appreciate this...

I've been stargazing for not quite a year and have a small reflector on an equatorial mount. In the next few months I am thinking of upgrading to a larger...

I have my resons to belive that big shippment of tons of Department store telescopes are sitting on the docks down in L.A. Harbor awaiting to be taken other...

Hi, I can no longer login to Astromart. I sent several messages to and got no response. When I try to register anew, I get "user with...

Howdy Rat (Bill) If Scott would agree to shipping you the needed parts, I think that would be great, and would be probably the best plan of attack. There...