Ok, ignoring the cost, which would you pick, Meade 8" LX90 or Celestron NexStar GPS (not the 8i) and why? Thanks! Dave

According to the ephemeris in my BAA Handbook, this object is going to *brush* past the Earth at just 1 million miles ( 0.015 AUs) at closest approach in late...

Hi Guys: Once again, a few quick questions about this/these camera(s). I don't make the differentiation here because I'm wondering- is the D300 and...

RC
From: (Robert Cook) RC
Subject: Double meteor sighted RC
Date: 11 Aug 2004 13:58:00 -0700 RC RC A couple of nights ago, I was out...

I am thinking of buying a CG5 mount to replace my old C-8 original mount. I am happy enough with the C-8 for my purposes, but need a better mount to use for...

JB
From: John Beaderstadt JB
Subject: stupid woman writes stupid article JB
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:39:13 -0400 JB JB There...

On the recent David Levy radio show, Steve O'Meara tells of how he literally stood at the edge of a mountaintop whilst almost burning his eye out attempting to...

What is a good first telescope (what manf.)? with GPS or without? -- Big Business is mostly about soaking the consumer :0

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Hilton Evans wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996327 Is this the forth time this story has been post on this ng or only the third....

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From: "halfro" H
Subject: springfield vermont weather H
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:33:26 GMT H H will it be worth the...

After I became interested in telescopes and astronomy, the net was already plastered with images of the Venus transit..so I missed that one. Will...

My friend has a 12.5" F8 Optical Craftsman scope his dad bought in 1967. It has never been used because there was never a mount for it, and the mirror has...

Hello, Does anyone know of a planetarium program making me able to control the scope(ETX 90) from the PC? Where can I download it? Thanks a lot Jan H...

suppose you have a LX90, of 8" LX200 and you want to do long-exposure astrophotography. You need either a field derotator or a wedge. Why would anyone buy the...

Would it be possible to invent a telescope that electronically intensifies the magnitude of faint objects? It would be great to peak through a...

Hi all, A previous post of mine got me thinking back to the good ole days...the 1980s.. I was involved in a pretty active local club....lots of friendly...

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:38:26 +0100, "JG" no.spam@me wrote: Last night I could finnaly use my improvised telescope on Saturn, but, to my dissapointment,...

Hi I'm writing a fictional story in which I would like to know the positions of the Moon, Mars, and Ceres in May of 2018. I know a little Astronomy, but I was...