I just started using the camera recently, and found it had a timer to turn off the power after x minutes. That surprised me a bit, since I suspected that if...

I got an aurora alert yesterday, and it looked like the forecast would develop for this evening or tomorrow. I haven't heard anything more. What's up? -- Wayne...

Fortunately, I don't have the problem in the title, but a friend cautioned me about it through an experience a colleague of his had. The story is this. If you...

I'll raise yet another question about the 300D. Warranty. I have an opportunity to extend the 1 yr warrant by 2 years for $30. Has anyone had experience that...

I'd like to check the optics of my Dob during the day and before this evening. Are there some simple tests I can run? I can at least, I think, get it into a...

Is there a source that will tell me how many clear days a particular region (city) has had over some period of time? In particular, I'd like to know how many...

Finally! I made it back home after taking a road trip in search of a clear western horizon. I had this fear that I wouldn't get to see Comet McNaught again...

Near noon today I observed and sketched Comet McNaught as it appeared in 20x80 binoculars. The comet was also visible with 8x42 binoculars. I've not yet seen...

Well folks, what's left to say? I have, without the slightest doubt, succeeded in seeing Comet McNaught with the unaided-eye. At 20:54 U.T. on 12 January...

I've just uploaded to my blog a sketch and observing report pertaining to the visibility of rays from Comet McNaught's tail. A link to the blog is in my...

Today is Galileo's birthday! In celebration you might want to take a telescope out and check out Venus, the moons of Jupiter, etc. . . . Or you could simply...

That's right folks. We have a new word to throw around! "Plutoed" won first place as "Word of the Year"! See: http://www.americandialect.org/ My observing...

I managed to 'catch' Comet McNaught for a second morning from my south porch observing site (located between 45 and 46 degrees North latitude). This time I...

I woke up to a partly cloudy sky this morning; but it was clear to the east! Every few minutes I went out and scanned the eastern horizon for Comet NcNaught. ...

What's one to do with a bright moon high in the sky? Well, how about looking at it! So, I set up a little 80mm f/5 refractor with it's small, highly...

The sky is clear. A 30cm Newtonian has been chilling outside for a few hours. Our Moon is getting lower in the southwest. It's looking like a good night...

What are your astronomical goals, hopes, dreams, etc. for 2007? I would like to get out and make better use of observing opportunities. In anticipation of...

I just came in for a break after having counted 100+ Geminids. Actually, the count was 102 Geminids (excluded were 6 to 12 sporadics) from 6:12 U.T. until 7:08...

I took a brief peek at Saturn and the moon, near each other high in the morning sky. The planetary conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars was viewed with...

I've not seen an observing report here in a while (Where's Opus?). Last night started out pretty good. The sky was clear. The temperature was less than 10...