John Markoff wrote: Several years ago the artificial-intelligence pioneer Raymond Kurzweil took the idea one step further in his 2005 book, “The...

The latest locale to join Toronto and Raleigh in the LED City initiative is none other than the home of the Wolverines, which recently announced plans to...

On Sep 3, 4:42 pm, "Timothy Golden BandTechnology.com" wrote: Well, as I listen to Mr.Rodrian's piano...

Hi all, About recent group discussion on open clusters I suggest to visit, for people eventually interested in photometric studies of this kind of objects,...

Hi, Am sure I am the last person in the world to find this, but I thought it was GREAT! http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/ Les.

Try http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021405canoneos20da.asp for details of Canon's new astro/ IR camera eg 20Da where the IR block filter is removed for...

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Ok, this is a silly, silly question (probably) but: what stops globulars from collapsing? Is it rotational forces? If so, does that imply that all the stars in...

**Astronomers update our galaxy's structure Teams of astronomers studying the Milky Way using infrared and radio waves presented an updated view of our...

8 classical planets, three planets belonging to a new category called "plutons" and the largest asteroid Ceres. The IAU draft resolution is to recognises...

Europa 250 pointed towards M51... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/DSO/M51-001.html This is an initial process, I know there's more detail to be had. My Europa...

Hi all, here's available a new shot of the M13 Lens: Pentax SDUF II 400/4 + Sbig ST-10XME Exposu 10x300 seconds - filter: luminance Regards Danilo...

Still quite warm so I was able to observe in shorts and a sweatshirt last night. Had to get a coat at 2am because it did start getting chilly though. The...

!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en" html Hi, pI am planning on getting a new digital camera to use with my Helios 200mm scope....

Hi folks, I've not posted in this group before and I'd just like to know if the partial solar eclipse on 3rd Oct will be visible from Cyprus. That's where my...

Well, one of his great Venus Jupiter conjunction pictures. Just saw it a second ago. Congratulations Peter! Jo

Hi all, I'm interested in getting my first telescope and I found this package for sale. http://www.scopesnskies.com/prod/243.html It seems awfully cheap, is...

got one £69 I am a newbie age 68 on the seventh jan 2004 saw Io Ganymed and Calypso first time great The "Skylux 379" is a 70mm aperture refractor with...

Can anyone explain how light really passes through a telescope??? Opinions I've heard seem contradictory so I'd appreciate some clarification. In particular...

I thought it was around 1607, but in Channel 4's "Elizabeth" Leicester is shown looking through his telescope to identify one of Drake's sailing ships...