Guy Consolmagno was on Radio 4's "Sunday" programme this morning, talking about the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and...

Hi Group, I now have my Zeiss Victory 12x56s. There was even 15 mins. of clear night sky yesterday to test them... Well firstly - they were hard to get. I...

Well half in the bag at least. I managed to catch the egress of recently announced HD189733b on Friday using just a modified webcam but missed the ingress...

All about Cassini/Titan, hope theres no explosions :-) Astrog

Hi all. Has anyone any experience of the Bray tablet mount? I am thinking of getting one for my TMB175. The site says each arm of the mount can hold at...

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I finally got a good look at Mars tonight. I could make out some surface detail and I could see two moons (Phobos and Deimos as far as I can tell) so I was...

"To set down in books the apparent paths of the planets and the record of their motions is especially the task of the practical and mechanical part of...

Was asked today at work about the subject of the North and South magnetic poles "flipping" and to be honest, I've not really looked into it. So I tried... Man...

The relationship between axial and orbital motion using the Sun's light as a reference has been known for centuries as especially the asymmetry between one...

I managed to get the answer as 1927, and downloaded a clip of the broadcast as being what looks like the front of a camera. However, what is the first signal...

The Lunar Observing Group had a great chat time with Dr. Chuck Wood last evening. I am working on the next chat, and would like to schedule for a time that...

I'm trying to find a 10 degree coverage Vehrenburg Film Holder for an 8 inch Celestron Schmidt Camera. Can anyone help? Thanks!

I just finished reading Arthur Berry's _A Short History of Astronomy_ (1898, 3d 1961). Berry reviews the major astronomical accomplishments through the end of...

Oct. 20, 2005- Lunar scientists have already returned to the moon, using the Hubble Space Telescope and old Apollo Program rock samples to begin prospecting...

I'm thinking of changing my telescope. I've had a 10" dobsonian for years and although I love the thing. I'm thinking of getting a smaller telescope I can take...

The William Optics Zenithstar 80 Refractor I'm sure is well known to most. But recently the almost identical telescope has turned up under the name Revelation...

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What magnification does a large telescope use when showing pictures of distance galaxies - say the Horse Head? Just as an additional question which may seem a...

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