Amazing how a hurricane and a galaxy look remarkably similar, including spiral arms and...

OK, so you've won the lotto*, and you've hired the architect to build the two-story roll-away roofed observatory for all the neat glass you've been wanting......

I received the following information from David Dunham of the International Occultation and Timing Association, and want to share it with you. Ed Flaspoehler,...

I've been mostly lurking in this newsgroup lately (used to post a LOT more... just haven't got out to observe as much as I used to! Not too many observation...

This is the Hardin DSH. Putting it all together was a easy, but what's with the bolt/screw that goes through both baseplates? The Az. motion loosens it up...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/cx_crcap_uc/latest -- Tom Rankin - Programmer by day, amateur astronomer by night! Mid-Hudson...

I am looking for astronomical images for display on a concept web page. They should be: * Taken by an amateur astronomer. * Of reasonably good...

Go to any elevated place above a city and take a look at the light sources. Streetlights predominate, those ancient 1950s designs that look like the snake...

He passed away this morning at age 97. I listened to an incredible list of accomplishments told to me this afternoon by the public information officer at...

Daniel Joseph Min wrote: If, on the bright side, no earth-changing Al-Qaeda WMD attack should occur in Manhattan or anywhere else within the sovereign...

Location : Montreal , Quebec , Canada Time : 21:30 EDT Direction : Western sky about 25deg to the right of and below Arcturus Equipment Used : Bushnell 4.5"...

Stephen Paul: I've been at this hobby in earnest now since February 2001 (not very long). In that time, I've used a 70mm F11 achromat, a 4" Mak GoTo, an...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FKRWNDSLSQ4O0CRBAE0 CFEY?type=scienceNews&storyID=6135163 Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

I am trying to decide between the 80ED (OTA) or the Coronado PST for X-mas:-) My only other scope is the Deep Space Hunter 10" (which should arrive tommorow...

The Astroscan is wonderful. I picked a used one up from Astromart this summer and it has become my favorite, most used scope. And I have several scopes to...

"One little trick I use is to carry a double A maglite, hold it to my forehead pointing away from me, and occasionally scan the area looking for the tell-tale...

Check my add at Astromart! https://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=294727 Julius

I am retired and am not up to paying 10 to 50,000 for a scope or weuipment. Would it be of any value to set up a yahoo group for amateurs who have the time but...

Hi, I will be in Chicago for a few weeks, any nice place there to shop for astro-equipment? -- md

Did anyone see or know what was over this area on 8/31 at approx. 2100 hrs? I looked up in the sky and there was a small whitish smudge in the sky. About six...