I remember about ten years ago, a presenter of a Midlands midnight talk radio show saying "there's a story about the Royal family that every-one in the media...

Just a reminder that if you have cloudy skies, the Leonids can be seen online instead this morning (19th Nov) on my radio spectrum observation live page, which...

Dear List, Our friends who provided so much action in Sept and Oct/2003 are now back doing their thing again. Although some renumbering has occurred in the...

Hi there, i am after a list of decent astronomical CCD's with their specs and prices, but i cannot find such a thing on the internet. The main reason is, i...

Hello, I wanna good pair of binos for a max of £150. Anybody got experience with the HR Ultimate range of binos? I need something to take with me on my...

I'd like advise from anyone who owns an equatorially mounted Meade 14" LX200 GPS + UHC used for CCD imaging eg pointing/drive accuracy, image quality etc. I'm...

I have recently been given a four in telescope as a gift, and as you may well gather from the tone of the message I haven't got a clue how to get the best out...

Hi Anyone in the Hull/Beverley area have a Meade ETX 125? Steve

GALILEAN SATELLITE PHENOMENA Table created using The Planets 2.02 A FREE program available from http://www.cpac.org.uk Jupiter & Sun rise and set times based...

Still pretty much decided on the Tal 2M, but have seen the Skywatcher Explorer 200 on an EQ5 mount fornot much more... so, question is, is it worth it? Sounds...

A few pics taken with a Sony F717/C9.25 with shutter times etc. Nothing really scientific here - just nice to know you can beat the cloud with longer...

Thanks for the replys im going to invest the 49.99 on the digital camera adapter thats available and try again with the advice you have all given me .. which...

There is a full page article on page 3 of the Manchester Metro News today entitled 'Let there be dark' subtitle 'Night sky is 14% lighter than 10 years...

Hi Don't know if this will cheer anyone up,but for my area (essex) shows 29% cloud @0.00. Can only hope. -- http://makeashorterlink.com/?S1E335B76 Barry If...

Anyone in the Hull/Beverley area have a Meade ETX?

I received my 25mm Antares W70 cheap widefield this morning and, contrary to the rules of amateur astronomy, it's not raining or cloudy this evening so I've...

I am after a cheap decent camera for astromony purposes. I have found 2 such devices at http://www.perseu.pt/index.html?lang=en-us The first is cheap but in...

Ashmore's Paradox. 14/11/03 I would like to post a result that was thrown up in my research. Why is the Hubble constant the same as 'hr/m per cubic metre of...

I have been a watcher of this group for a while now, but i feel we could do better than a newsgroup. I have jsut created a yahoo group, hoping people will now...

I currently own an LX10. I've been looking at an upgrade to something larger, maybe 11, 12" or larger SCT. Just got December 2003 Astronomy magazine and...