Another plug for my live online meteor (and other ionization-causing phenomena) observation site.... The Quadrantids Meteor Shower is kicking off the New Year...

following on from last week, and with clear skies, i have the natwest tower to the south, between me and where i last saw it, plus planes flying into LHR on...

Thinking of fitting a CCD camera onto my pronto scope any info much appeciated.Thanks.T.R.

Hi all Just added an image of m33 to my web site www.robertvincent.freeserve.co.uk/m33.html while the LRGB images where taken I was plagued by thin cloud and...

Michael Anthony wrote: "Polar Star" wrote in message ... *All Apollo Moon...

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. "What are you doing?" She asked. "Hunting Flies" He responded. Oh....

Folks Thinking of buying a new budget telescope. Have seen a number of Atlas Explorer scopes in shops in Dublin, where I live. Wondering if anyone else have...

10:00 PM James Whale James talks to astronomer Patrick Moore about the pictures from Mars, as well as giving his eclectic views on the days news.

Its at #maestro on irc.freenode.net more info http://mars.telascience.org/ Look forward to seeing you there. Home Page:...

V1.61 of LunarPhase Pro has just been released. Full details of the software can be found at: http://www.nightskyobserver.com/LunarPhaseCD New to this...

I've made a nifty screensaver which shows visible satellites (centered on London), the ISS, Hubble, and other satellites. The position of the satellites is...

I have my machine, Sony laptop, by a triple window on the seventh floor of these flats, the view is due east Out of the corner of my eye to my left I saw the...

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Hello all, I have been seriously thinking about buying a telescope for a while now, and I have now earmarked £400 for it. I have researched the web and have...

NEAR/Eros vs. Spirit/Mars landing Was sci.physics: Mars has so much atmosphere Instead of the parachute and bouncing bal... In article...

Does anyone have an idea of when the first images will come down from Mars Express?

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...

I've recorded some Wolf-Rayet stars in Cas with results posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/gensp25.htm but wondered why there appears no WR listed in...

Hi all, In my astro-weblog you will find an article about January’s binocular object, Collinder 70, a large open cluster around the belt of Orion. Follow this...