Hi, I want to migrate to Linux and I want to know if there are astronomy programs for it. 1)Are there equivalent programs for Linux? -K3CCD -Registax -HNSKY

This quote from a salesman caught in New Orleans says it all about cardiac arrest at an early age and the "macho- macho man" "Rick Pfeifer, a salesman from...

This is really naive, but are there any globular clusters from the more famous M objects which are OUTSIDE the Milky way? Are all the ones I saw, like M22,...

http://www.deepskysoftware.net NEW VERSION! Discover the night sky using Deepsky Astronomy Software (DAS), previously DEEPSKY 2003. Designed for observers at...

Date: Monday evening, 13-Sept-2004 Location: Backyard, Palm Springs, California Equipment: Tele Vue 76 (3" f/6.3) refractor I've been sort of hooked...

There are too many moons in the solar system. Cassini just found 2 more around Saturn. It's time to set a limit on the minimum size a moon can be to be...

I am interested in expanding my observing skills into basic spectroscopy. I was wondering what advice the group would have on approaches and low-end entry...

One good thing about astronomy is that it's very compatible with my insomnia. I awoke at about 4:30, and after roughly 15 minutes of tossing and turning I...

Hi, Has anyone had any experience building and/or using a low cost "electronic finder" (i.e. an electronic eyepiece/finder combination)? Thanks, Daniel...

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huirloop.html The loop shows wind shear and land mass are destroying Jeanne. If it re-organizes, this will be phenomenal. ...

Some texts (notably one or two books I vaguely recall of Patrick Moore's) often show projections of *brightest* and *closest* stars in the several thousand...

I've just read that it's flat. How can this be?

Hi all, I have a Skywatcher (synta) 8" f/6 dob. For the first year or so, I was happy with the views the scope provided without ever messing with mirror...

Can anyone recommend a good quality crosshair eyepiece in the 32-40mm range? I know about the Lumicon 25mm, but that doesn't quite deliver the FOV I...

Hello, I was just perusing the last month's worth of APOD images, and the August 16 HST image of the "Hoag's Object" ring galaxy got...

Discovered in 1989, this 2.9 x 1.5 x 1.2 mile asteroid has an eccentric four-year orbit that periodically brings it very close to Earth. On September 29th this...

During a recent naked-eye observing session (because there's not a fat lot to do when an automated imaging setup is PEC training itself) I made a discovery....

I've noticed several sellers lately from Spain and UK selling LX90 telescopes on ebay. Most are priced incedibly low and are exact cut and pastes of other...

Whenever there's a gravitationally "stable" system with objects revolving around a center of mass and there's no wobble on the object which sits close to the...

Notable and new (to me) at the Celestron website: The C20 Astrograph is the first telescope system of its kind ever offered by a large commercial...