Dear SAAers, a delightful evening photo of the Milky Way above La Silla was captured some days ago by ESO staff member Nico Housen. Enjoy the view, with the...

Likely First Photo of Planet Beyond the Solar System http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planet_photo_040910.html

What caused this ring of colors? At the time of this writing, MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin had yet to find someone who can give the correct explanation....

Last night - or should I say this morning - I and two very experienced observers were treated to truly spectacular view of M42, even though it was only about...

Shawn O'Keefe of NASA is great. I saw him interviewed on Daily Planet. He is endorsing strongly the Brantford, Ontario robotic manufacturers design for saving...

Saw the wild duck cluster this weekend in a 10" dob in Scrotum (right beside OPhucus). It looks like a frozen swarm of small flying insects or salt crystals. ...

12th annual Nightfall star party actually began on F 091004. Thunderstorms in the mid afternoon. VERY HOT and HUMID. Bad combination for good seeing, but...

Hi All, What is the number of the faint galaxy that is between M-13 and NGC 6207. its about 15th mag and GUIDE 7 doesn't list it. Thanks Joe

just found this excellent Company called Tarps-uk. They do "Hand Made" Tarpaulins to your exact size requirements in Traditional 16oz Green Canvas. Another...

Hi, I've tried to measure the light curve of the crab pulsar, but unfortunately the experiment did not work. The light is detected by a photomultiplier in the...

I noticed you had a line about hurricane Andrew, yet you totaly leave out anything about the class 5 hurricane that was even stronger than andrew and all but...

Consider this if Ivan misses much of Cuba and slams the US once again.

I haven't seen any reviews of the Borg. I understand that you can swap lense cells, and really break it down for portability. It is 100 bucks more, for the...

I was taking some video of M31 last night and a streak of light flew by it. I checked Heavens-Above and there was no satellite listed of that time and area. It...

AURORA WARNING: An M4-class solar flare erupted near sunspot 672 on Sept 12th, and the blast hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME, movie) toward Earth. The...

A mushroom-shaped cloud about 2.2 miles to 2.5 miles in diameter was monitored during the explosion. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040911_1469.html N....

I saw a newspaper ad concerning an estate sale and the seller has a Meade 2045 for sale. I have not seen subject telescope. Can anyone tell me how old this...

I just got in from a quick outing in the front yard with my Meade SN-6 where my main targets were M31 and the Double Cluster. After spending about 45 minutes...

Yes, it is 9/11 again, and many people are commemorating the fallen people of the attack. Therefore, New York feels that nothing honors their memories...

I've been idly thumbing through the EQ6 yahoo group & checking out some goto kit sites and it crossed my mind: why isn't it possible (or rather, is...