They didn't expect this at all... http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20040123d.html

Hello, After stripping my C11 to fit various accessories and rebuilding it I have been attempting to recollimate it, without much success. Please see the...

A charming, but obscure work, "Did the Proto-Indo-European Priesthood commit Treason in the period of PIE Unity?" self published in 1988 with a computer an 9...

In a talk my older son and I once gave at a club meeting, we compared the characteristics of a 20mm 50degree afov plossl to that of a hypothetical 20mm...

I know this is going to upset some people. But remember, this is an unmoderated forum here so I will speak my mind. I won't be the first and I certainly...

Hi all, Here's a shot of Mars taken on the morning of the 25th September under reasonable seeing for a change. Although the planet's rather small at the...

I have an Orion Dual beam flash light, but it doesn't give off a lot of light for reading maps. Suggestions for a stronger red light? Bruce

I recently found Cloudy Nights as an astronomy based resource. In a apparently foolish move I asked about a certain vendor's track record...and was...

There are actual images of the Earth from space which show a more complicated explanation for variations in daylight/darkness throughout the year...

Just curious if I am ever going to get the chance to see a grand naked eye comet with a telescope any time soon.

i done believes at one time on earth, there was no life. but, unlife stuff turned into life stuff. as of now, there is life stuff and unlife stuff. all life...

This all started because I was concerned about a web site linked to from this group that clearly degrades women, causes them to be thought of as objects...

JPL is using an IR filter instead of real red in the RGB mix for it's photos. So everything so far is not true Martian red. It is altered to bring out features...

Hi group, There are several brands of eyepieces containing ED glass. They all look the same and outwardly appear to come from the same manufacturer. Has...

They are pretty harmless and don't make a mess. Imagine how awful it would be if they all took up the equally accurate cult of divination by examining the...

In these ads, it is stated that the new name of a previously only numerically designated star will be kept in copyrighted book form in the U.S. Patent Office. ...

.. . .and you only have time to save one of your telescopes, one of your eyepieces, and one of your astronomy books. Which ones are they? Martin

Hello all, After spending a couple years out of the hobby and now getting back into it, I'm amazed at the quality you can now purchase and the low, low, low...

Hi all, I'm new here. Looking for an ultra-portable way to view the stars. I live in a flat, so I want something I can take downstairs to the rear gardens at...

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