Hi Everyone ! OK. I've determined the FOV per pixel for my web camera operating on a 127 mm f/12.1 Mak. If I want to determine the FOV per pixel on a...

Just picked out Venus during bright evening twilight at about 7:15pm=20 local time. I was using my 10x32 Leica binoculars. Over the next few=20 months Venus...

The book title in the subject line is for a somewhat old astronomy book. I have the second edition, 1961. In its day, it was very good. Does anyone know...

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Here is some dinner time reading to...

Posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/pstmg.htm recent proms via Coronado PST including prom in 3D for those that can do the crossed-eye trick on pairs of...

A PDF file (468 KB) containing the preliminary schedule for the 2005 RTMC Astronomy Expo is available at: http://www.rtmcastronomyexpo.org/2005%20Program.pdf

Golden Number linked to 666 Formal Proof needed Hello, While working on my websites on 666 Myth ( http://www.666myth.co.nr/ French = ...

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16788 First direct confirmation that white dwarfs siphon matter from , in this case, a companion red giant star.

I invited my 9-year-old out to see sunspot 756, and his reaction when he saw it was, "Whoa--is it the black spot that looks like a bird pooped on the Sun?" My...

Hi all, I've just embarked on a new project which I hope to complete by the end of the Summer. I'ts a new observatory with a 3.2m rotating dome. I've put...

A long time ago, I read a book called, "Above Top Secret" because it purported to be a level-headed investigation of various UFO encounters. As it turned out,...

Since the only Betelgeuse posting here seems to have been by Nancy Lieberman, I am guessing no one has brought this up. In my half-awake state listening to...

Does anyone know of a source for a downloadable copy of the users manual for a Lumicon 7-9.25 Easy Guider? I've lost mine and would like to get a copy without...

Oh brother. It has been some kind of astronomically challenging spring here in lovely Marin County, California. If it ain't the clouds and rain, it's the...

Looks like this guy has 'pioneered' the whole idea of going to the next system using oort cloud bits and...

I put a couple of webpages together highlighting my recent trip to the Coquimbo region of Chile, home to several world-class observatories. I hauled my 13"...

Sam Wormley quoted: 1. VISION: WHERE DOES THE ADMINISTRATION GET ITS SCIENCE ADVICE? How wrong can you be? The Administration doesn't need "science...

The Baltimore Sun reports http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.shuttle30apr30,1,7634542. story that NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin has...

I would like to respectfully ask why so many of you tolerate this newsgroup. It seems to be full of trolls and other types of folks that get their jollies by...