The Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQ Web pages have been moved. They are located at http://www.batteryfaq.org/. The latest version is 7.0, dated May 28, 2007....

Moon, May 28, 20h UTC coords: 13 51 s 15 30 cent long trmntr: w 53.89 sin long: -0.8079 ecc ell: 0.5838 dist: 251 692 mi / 405 059 km diam: 29.5' illum: 90.6%

Moon, May 27, 20h UTC coords: 13 07 s 10 27 cent long trmntr: w 41.758d sin long: -0.666 ecc ell: 0.725 dist: 251 938 mi / 405 545 km diam: 29.47' illum: 84.4%

Newbie question here. I'm trying to set up my Celestron Nexstar 102 computer. Lat year between flat batteries and clouds I cocked up the time settings. The...

Moon, May 26, 20h UTC coords: 12 25 s 05 03 cent long trmntr: w 29.592d sin long: -0.4938 ecc ell: 0.8411 dist: 251 559 mi / 404 845 km diam: 29.5' illum: 77%

What is the significance of a star which appears to be the colour blue? Does this signify that the star is dying or at the other end of the spectrum,...

Hi All, The York AS held the opening ceremony for our new Observaotry last Saturday (19th May). We were very fortunate to have Dr Allan Chapman do the...

Moon, May 25, 20 h UTC coords: 11 43 s 00 33 cent long trmntr: w 17.196d sin long: -0.2989 ecc ell: 0.928 dist: 250 488 mi / 403 122 km diam: 29.6' illum:...

I've been trying to get a good colour image of the Moon for a while now. Initially I tried using photos I already had but it didn't work so well. I tried...

Dear Friends, It is often assumed that stars are only visible during the evening and well after the sun has already set. This is really a myth since many...

Fine captures Pete! Thanks for the posts. Ben

Moon, May 24, 20h UTC coords: 11 01 n 06 12 cent long trmntr: w 5.17d sin long: -0.0901 ecc ell: 0.982 dist: 248 699 mi / 400 242 km diam: 29.86' illum: 59.5%

Hi everybody! I have uploaded a new shot of the Lunar Eclipse of Saturn in High Dynamic Range (Photoshop) as well as to my personal homepage. Regards Danilo...

Dear Friends, It is often assumed that stars are only visible during the evening and well after the sun has already set. This is really a myth since many...

On May 23, 10:14 am, Pete Lawrence wrote: On Wed, 23 May 2007 08:52:35 GMT, Philippe Gautier ...

Hi all, Here are a couple of sequences from the lunar occultation of Saturn that occurred on the 22nd May 2007. The reappearance sequence is a composite of a...

Moon, May 23, 20h UTC coords: 10 17 n 11 43 cent long trmntr: e 7.074d sin long: 0.1232 ecc ell: 0.99999 dist: 246 213 mi / 396 246 km diam: 30.16' illum:...

Moon, May 22, 20h UTC coords: 09 30 n 16 54 cent long trmntr: e 19.327d sin long: 0.331 ecc ell: 0.917 dist: 235 584 m / 385 573 km diam: 30.54' illum: 39.8%

Hi everybody! I have uploaded a new shot of the globular cluster M5 as well as to my personal homepage. Regards Danilo...

Hi all, Here are a couple of addiitonal CaK/H-alpha comparisons. Two full disks with...