did I read somewhere you can get text message alerts sent to your mobile phone when conditions are favourable for an aurora?

Hello, I was wondering if this site (http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/) is still "working properly"? I've been reading in the news about the biggest...

We have been having a discussion about the first use of the phrase "The Right Stuff" as in relation to test pilots, astronauts etc. A web search throws up lots...

Ever since I saw the 2001 'close encounter' image from Hubble, I have been eagerly awaiting this year's closest approach for thousands of years. The 2001...

Hi all, this is a new image of area adjacent to Barnard's Loop particularly interesting. Rich of peculiar objects (Herbig-Haro) and reflection nebulae other...

Hello all: I have no experience making telescopes. Advance apologies if this idea is stupid and shouldnt have been posted at all. OTOH, I would like some...

Hello out there! I'm planing to buy a used LX200 telescope made by Meade but I'd like to ask how to check it lens and all electronics and mechanical stuff...

I'm getting on ok with my SN6-EC ! Although the OTA had to be exchanged due to some marks on the corrector plate, the mount is stable and smooth in...

Hi all, Here's a shot of Mars taken on the morning of the 25th September under reasonable seeing for a change. Although the planet's rather small at the...

Hi, I'm just visiting to ask for some advice - I hope that's okay. My brother would like to buy his girlfriend some binoculars for around £50 to look at the...

Oriel36 wrote: I like the part where you define the rotation of the Earth through 360 degrees to face the Sun You are lying....

Hi, Walsall, UK 29-09-11 23:30 I had been observing Jupiter with my son. It was clear, though there must have been a very thin haze of cloud because the...

Some texts (notably one or two books I vaguely recall of Patrick Moore's) often show projections of *brightest* and *closest* stars in the several thousand...

Sorry, I was told that in my original posting I sounded like a Star Trek crank by asking about "Stellar" cartography. The correct term is apparently "Astro"...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:26:14 GMT, in uk.sci.astronomy , "vvega" wrote: Hi, What is the process which caused the Moon's 2...

We've have updated the website for Kielder Forest Star Camp (23 - 26 October). The event is the first to be held in this dark, dark, location - aiming to give...

http://www.20min.ch/wissen/news/story/Sonnenfinsternis-live-auf-20-Minuten-Online-26344517

Weather permitting, there's a chance of seeing Johannes Kepler chasing the ISS on Wednesday...

The following was forwarded to me by my son-in-law and as a dad and grandfather I cannot help myself I am forwarding this every way I can...please take a...

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:10:23 +0100, "Peter Johnson" wrote: Further to my quest for dark skies, I have now acquired a car, and when I...