Got my first telescope earlier this week, waited for three nights and finally got a clear sky last night. Saw the moon in its grey glory, lol. After i came in...

Dear all, I've created a face-on map of our region of the Milky Way galaxy - within 10 thousand parsecs of the Sun, or over thirty thousand light years. (That...

fallingsky wrote: You really should distill your insanity into a few smaller, more digestible chunks. Very true, but it tickles me that he thinks these...

BBC Radio 4's "In our time" had an interview today with Martin Rees, Roger Penfold and Carolin Crawford, who summarised the current thinking on these...

Can anyone help. Firstly, I point the telescope north and set Polaris in the centre of the field of view. The motor then slews to the first alignment star,...

Apologies - I'm not an astronomer, but I wonder if anyone can help with a question I'm stuck with: I'm trying to calculate the sun's position on a PC for a...

Handled the new Canon 350D 8Mp camera at Bluewater Shopping Centre this morning - much like the silver 300D but slightly smaller and lighter in black....

Does anyone know anyone based here in the UK that make good quality, fully adjustable mirror cells and spiders? I have a c.70's 6" f/8 Hinds ("A" grade)...

Although my imaging is going OK tonight, I can see many mist patches around the southern coastal regions, moving along. One just crossed my FOV! Its a case...

Dear all, some months ago I acquired a Borg 77 Eco OTA, with the intention of using it on holiday trips. Tonight, I had a chance to give it first light on...

I've been watching an excellent prominence through my PST for the last half hour or so. If only I had a decent digital camera to record it! Hopefully someone...

via Coronado PST for this early morn posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/pstmg.htm Maurice Gavin@WPO-UK

Just saw a bright, (Venus bright) slow (dimmed over 1 or 2 seconds) stationary, point like flash up by Polaris. Iridium or something...

Getting really fed up with all this night cloud and no stars, in the Midlands anyway. So I have just passed a few hours projecting that bright thing in the sky...

Couldn't believe my luck when this appeared on the screen.. http://tinyurl.com/5uz9t

First clear evening for weeks. Configured for f6.3, did my darks/bias for the guider and off we go. Located the first NGC but ..... no images because...

Interesting webpage comparing Canon, Nikon and Pentax offerings and tips on imaging and processing (Includes a first look at the new Canon...

RFD3 for uk.rec.gps has been posted on uk.net.news.announce http://tinyurl.com/4se67. If you would like to contribute to the debate, please subscribe to...

Greetings to all, Wondered if anyone could give me a bit of help, I am looking for information on a planetary alignment that happened in June 1992 (the 6th I...

For =A31450 , focal lenght to be confirmed (f10 ish?), I just wish I had the money.... Gaz