There's currently a very bright planet in the evening sky - here in Switzerland it sets at about midnight now (new time). Too late for Venus. Jupiter?

Saterday night 3/27/04, it was not the best of viewing nights, I had gone up to my street corner after recovering during the past week after the last saterday...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/11/russia.space.ap/index.html Inventor patents device for ads in space MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Orion, the Big Dipper and...

I just received my 21" Sharpton SCT earlier this week and finally had a chance to try it out last night. The ultra light weight of this scope at 43 pounds for...

How many sun like stars are in this galaxy -- on average? Thx alan

Hi, Just thought I would pop in aquery to this group concerning a blazing trail of light that I saw on evening of 25th this month at about 10 GMT. I am...

Our favorite little loon, so desperately hiding behind the Anonymous ReMailer, is now polluting several other NewsGroups. One of the gentlemen here has posted...

Today was the vernal equinox. According to my understanding, this is a day on which the sun rises and sets approximately due east and west and takes...

Appreciate all tips as I have to part with a scope and want to get the best bang in resale. Thanks in advance

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I know hardly anything about Astronomy - so forgive the stupid question but... What is that very bright object currently(yesterday) to the right of the moon...

I am just a reporter of important correlations that occur in the sciences, and in the affairs of mankind. It is up to other folks to verify the...

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Ok, this is what I do: I set Redshift's time to 03/20/2004 06h:48m which is the time for the...

I'm interested in purchasing a telescope that will enable me to view the red spot on Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and eye-popping images of the moon. I won't...

Problem for latitude 28.28°N, longitude 16.25°W Three satellites at 13°E, 19.2°E and 28.2°E Azimuth compass bearing for satellite at 28.2°E = 122.50...

I presume we are in a galaxy, with a very bright sonofabitch core? Why can't we see this core, but can see other galaxies supposedly further away.....?

Iron or Nickel? They are in the iron-cobalt group.Both are good conducters of electrcity,and yet stainless steel can't be magnetized. Why is that? Both are...

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If we integrated light from the entire stretch of the Milky Way band across the whole night sky (what can only be done with some calculated "guesswork" unless...

As I arrived home (Stratford-upon-Avon) at 21.15 this evening, I saw two bright objects in the sky travelling SE, one directly behind the other approximately 2...