Dear Friends, I was wondering if anyone here has done any imaging of binary star systems and, if possible, multi-coloured systems? I did some imaging last...

..at the Cavendish Lab Cambridge just off the M11 J13 tomorrow Saturday June 24 from 1030 - 1700. Try these maps.......

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"NASA researchers using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft have developed a method of seeing through the sun to the star's far side. The...

Hi ... A friend has registered a star that she has named as "Hope", and the only details that she has a RA12hrs 23mins 08sec Dec 4.74489 MAG 14.08 I only...

It just gets better and better - really great tonight. Had to set up just outside a French window with the tripod fully extended - to avoid trees. I've just...

I think I might be developing age-related cataracts. They are early stage and the only symptoms are a faint halo around bright objects such as Venus viewed...

Afternoon all, Just thought I'd share the image that I took last night of SN2006X in M100 (type Ia for those who are interested). I used the OU's Meade...

Hi, I have a question about orbit. Assume we are going from Earth to an inner planet, like Venus, Mercury for example, and we will be using a Hohmann trasfer,...

Ok chaps. We've all had a bit of fun with this pathetic troll but as Tonkers correctly points out we should really ignore him. It's been cloudy/moony and I...

To try and keep my young son's interest in all things astronomic we have been satellite spotting using data from the excellent Heavens Above site. Can anybody...

Maybe well off topic here but reading some of the recent threads I`m astounded that there is no newsgroup for the above! I know that most of the posters here...

Hello, What an evening yesterday! I decided to go, once again for the Virgo Coma Galaxy Cluster. I have tired many times to view these little gems but never...

Hi, I've just been looking at the US Orion 100mm APO OTA adverts online. In the US it costs $999! = £550! Good value? :-) In the UK it costs £975! = $1752!...

Starlight wrote on the screen--- There are two things that one has to get right :: (i) brightness of Milky Way glow and (ii) adgregate of individual stars in...

Titan's first visitor nears touchdown 08 January 2005 NewScientist.com news service Stephen Battersby More Stories Explo earth AFTER seven years riding...

The Gamma Cygni Nebula – A big image from a small telescope The Gamma Cygni Nebula is much larger and far more complex that most astronomers realise. For...

Beutiful curtains just formed over Aberdeen this minute. Wonderful!!!! :) Alan LeHun

Take a look at this monster: http://www.hanf-poos.de/stathis/atm/erhard_1meter_dob_itv2003.htm - Mike

I wonder if any LX90 owners out there can help me? Had my LX90 for over a year now and the Autostar has a quirk - at least one of the menus (Object - Solar...