Jornada wrote: Thanks for Reading Clear Skies How does one observe in Singapore ? The light pollution must be killing visual astronomy ! Or do you guys...

If the equatorial coordinates of two objects are known, is there a mathmematical algorithm for computing their position?

Last Sunday Rush Limbaugh made a non racial statement about the media hyping up Donovan McNabb just because he was black. That's true. Face it. Donovan is good...

...and the mosquitoes are, at last, fast asleep. But it's COLD! ....and it's only the first of October, and it's going to get colder still! I want the warm...

Hello, I am in the final stages of OTA preps for a home-built 6-inch Newt/Dob. The OTA is a core from the pulp and paper (newsprint) industry - it has a...

Date: October 2, 2003 Location: Old Tutu, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; 64.9W, 18.3N Sky darkness: Bortle class 6 Limiting mag: 5.2 in Aquarius,...

.. . .someone posting to this newsgroup who makes slight alterations to their name every few days in an apparent attempt to evade filters, eh?

Alas! Sagittarius is NOT "our nearest galactic neighbour" or "..the Sagittarius galaxy" as reported on CNN. Our local newspaper also reported it as as...

The Science Channel is kicking off International Space Week tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern time. FWIIW Steve

Lately, it seems almost fashionable to find fault with Meade. With this in mind, I hereby offer some positive feelings and interactions with the company. 1. ...

In article , Matt wrote: Well, sound waves are just longitudinal pressure...

i have a meade autostar 497 and motors ,can i adapt them to work my celestron eq 80 scope thanks

How do you calculate the magnification you are using with any particular EP? also how do you figure out the max you can push it. I heard its like 50x per inch...

Hi good folks. Did I ever tell you about my ufo sighting and the photo I took of it http://www.ufowatch.com/pictures/

Recently it was mentioned that M54 is a member of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. I was curious so I looked up the original...

Hello, on http://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/newprod.htm I read "New Achromatic objective - 77Ach Available as an objective tube assembly (6177) or as an...

I am investigating an abducion and rape case now and need to know daylight lighting, weather, conditions that existed on December 9th., 1999 at a location in a...

The canadian space telescope MOST looks more like sponge bob than a telescope. http://www.astro.ubc.ca/MOST/

Hello group! Which aperture would I need to visualize the nebulosity in M45? I am considering buying a Tak FS-60C and I wonder how much of the...

I had a Meade shorty barlow, and can't find it. I was looking for a replacement, and saw that Orion has a 3 element "Plus" barlow for about $30 more than the...