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...

Wouldn't you just know it, that the first of the Venus EXPRESS 6 composite images as having been officially processed for delivering to us village idiots the...

Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots to see how it compared...

It's been mentioned under another thread header so it's probably worth reiterating the fact that Saturday night on BBC4 is Astronomy Night. Listings he...

Just stumbled on this awesome video, thought it would be appropriate to post it he The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever...

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

Just completed my toucam pro2 mod but i have noticed with exposures of 15 seconds or more the picture gets washed out, so any one know how to...

If it does, is there a functional seismometer on Mars? http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news151.html "Designated 2007 WD5, the asteroid was discovered on Nov....

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

Dear Friends, A link to some VERY rare aurora photos for this region of the world are available at http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae.htm .... Christmas came...

Dear subscribers to uk.sci.astronomy, The FAQ for this newsgroup may be found at: Primary location: http://www.astronomycentre.org.uk/UKSA/faq.htm Mirror:...

How can I fit an equatorial drive to my TAL1?

Since I got my 10" LX200, I've not really felt at one with it. My major gripe was with the focusser which was one of the most awful focussers I've ever come...

Hi, I guess it sounds weird but it is nonetheless true. Can you tell me when? Andrea T.

Captured with a Mintron camera using an equatorially mounted PST and a 2x Barlow. Here are 7 frames from the video sequence taken around midday on the 21st Jan...

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...

Just for fun...assume that there is some sort of drive that can provide one G of acceleration/deceleration to a spacecraft for indefinite periods. It would...

A new group has just been created for discussions specific to the new Meade Deep Sky Imager. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyImager/ We'd appreciate...

According to the ephemeris in my BAA Handbook, this object is going to *brush* past the Earth at just 1 million miles ( 0.015 AUs) at closest approach in late...

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...