This is just a quick announcement. I now have Deepsky Free astronomy software which is free to download from my site ...

Hi there has aanyone had any experience of the OPTISAN-150mm. It's a reflector, selling for =A3199. At this price i am tempted to think 'cheap chinese junk',...

Anyone know where i can find out what was learned by the Titan landing? Can you point me directly to a page on it? Thanks Eric

Specifically, in Waukesha, 15 miles west of Milwaukee. The club will be based at the Horwitz Planetarium in the Retzer Nature Center west of Waukesha. Our...

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I'v seen a few very good images taken with the Canon 300D DSLR. But, there are a few other brand DSLR's are on the market for resonable price, from Olympus,...

Spot group seems to have formed in the last few day during overcast skies which cleared late this afternoon after some welcome summer rain. Nice tall prom at...

I've got a Celestron Nexstar 11" and have tried to get into astro imaging with the Meade DSI. I don't have the patience for focusing and the electronic...

If imaging the sun via h-alpha solar filters interests you, please consider joining this new group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solar_imaging/

Though it has been more than twenty years ago, I will never forget the night I took my scope to observe from a remote corner of the parking lot of Paradise...

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/22jul_perseids2005.htm The 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower NASA Science News July 22, 2005 Mars joins the Perseid meteor...

I'm Your Puppet Shake A Tail Feather Etc. What's the story on your signature? Mike Harvey

Hi, I am considering buying a small refractor and mount it on my lx200. Two purposes: wider field of view and guiding. I kinda like to the things I read about...

Who makes the best quality finderscopes? I'm looking for atleast an 8x50, right angle model with a correctly oriented image. I want the image to be sharp right...

As part of a personal study, I'm looking for amateur images of the moon showing maximum sharpness. My understanding is that some webcams and higher order...

Is an idiot. Time has proven that only about one out of every ten transactions one does with this guy turn out to be successful - the rest always require...

What's more likely. A Big Bang where everything starts from a singularity or M-theory Big Splat (ekpyrotic scenerio) where two higher dimensional colliding...

I've seen planetary pics from webcams and dedicated ccd cameras attached to very nice and big APOs (such as a TMB designed 8" scope) that are okay but not in...

July 20, 1969 ... First time Man walks on a body other than the Earth. July 20, 2005 ... Scotty of Star Trek goes beyond the Rim. -- The Lone Sidewalk...

Will a tripod for an N8 also work for a N5?