http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/travel/escapes/08dark.html I noticed one outrageous mistake - that a 30" dob costs $150k! Dennis

Moon, June 9 08h UTC coords: 23 54 n 01 06 cent long trmntr: w 14.628d sine long: -0.253 ecc ell: 0.982 dist: 229 929 mi / 320 035 km diam: 32.3' illum: 40.55

I tryed out the A95 scope, only had it on a tripod but it was enough to look down at lancaster with it. An area that's 13 miles away looked to be a lot...

Hello Group, My daughter has a Tasco Refractor telescope that is not working. Not knowing anything about the subject I am not much help to her. Can anyone...

All, It has been a really cloudy Spring here in North Texas and the clouds finally parted, mostly, last night so I grabbed the following...

Here's Jupiter from May 21st http://setisociety.org/jupiterzulu5stack.jpg I know it's not anything as good as Chris Go's or Damian Peach's (and since I'm a...

Moon, June 8, 0h UTC coords: 22 48 s 07 38 cent long trmntr: e 1.135d sin long: 0.0198 ecc ell: 0.994 dist: 232 793 mi / 374 644 km diam: 31.9' illum: 55.5%

Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 166 of May 2007 (77 K) is available now as http://visualrmob.free.fr/rmobtext/rmob0705.txt More information and the...

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I found the 2inch S.D. that is for the two major EP's I have, it had gottened covered up and the last almost a week I'd been sick in bed and really had not...

There should be a 2" SCT diagonal in the paper bag that contained the eyepieces. It has white dew caps on both sides. This diagonal will thread directly into...

In a nostalgic mood, I'm listening to tapes of audio transcriptions of X Minus 1 science fiction radio plays, 1956's "$1,000 a Plate" (written by Bob...

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Posted last Friday, an interview with Dr. Halton Arp at Electric Politics. Dr. Arp, now at the Max Planck Institut fur Astrophysik, was for many years at the...

Moon, June 7, 0h UTC coords: 21 58 s 13 41 cent long trmntr: e 13.64d sin long: 0.236 ecc ell: 0.946 dist: 235 906 mi / 378 351 km diam: 31.58' illum: 66.3%

I posted about the c-8 I got and he said something then that it wasn't ment for a fork, now the othere one I did find that it would fit on my photo tripod...

i am a newb, just bought my first light bucket, and have used it for a few nights. i feel it is not as clear as i would of suspected and was wondering if it...

There are a some interesting posts from Barry and Zargohf at Moderated sci.astro.amateur should any of you care to respond to them. If you have forgotten your...

Moon, June 6, 0h UTC coords: 21 07 s 18 58 cent long trmntr: e 21.6d sin long: 0.44 ecc ell: 0.725 dist: 237 424 mi / 382 097 km diam: 31.27' illum: 76%

I was about to go to bed around 9:50pm and was checking the north-facing sliding glass door into the backyard to make sure it was locked. Looking up to the sky...