Hi all, a new shot of The Helix Nebula taken unfiltered for 12 x 300seconds with the BRC250 + ST-10XME. Some weak filaments are visible. Here is the link...

Here's a shot of Copernicus, taken under good seeing conditions... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/craters/2008-09-22_05-32-04_Red_cn.jpg -- Pete...

Here's another mosaic from the 22nd showing the craters Moretus and Newton. http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/craters/2008-09-22_04-53-43_Red_flat1600.jpg --...

I thought Id advertise this here to see what happens. Selling my 12 inch f8.3 newtonian mirror made by david hinds,makes a great lunar or planetary ...

Hi, a picture of a waning Moon taken in the night of Saturday. Toucam Pro at the prime focus of a C8, with IR-cut filter. 62 frames stitched...

The solar wind - the stream of charged particles billowing away from the Sun - is at its weakest for 50 years. Scientists made the assessment after studying...

By coincidence, an almost identically illuminated rendition of this crater can be found on LPOD today (24th Sept 08) as taken by Damian Peach. Mine was taken...

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Was the Apollo XIII failure a hoax too?

Hi all, another shot made in hi altitude of Forca Canapine 1440m (Perugia - Italy). Very fine dettail of the filament of the nebulosity (BRC250 &...

If I had a choice in what was posted in this very fine group, I'd definitely go for dead silence rather than...

Hello, Would like to start in the hobby.... and have been looking for a used "decent" telescope ! I have been offered a Bresser, but have no idea if the...

Hi, The following question has been troubling my tiny brain, please could one of you boffins answer it for me: If the Cosmic Background Radiation is leftover...

Just starting with astronomy, and looking for dark sites around Nottingham - preferably without "doggers" ! LOL Any ideas please ?

From http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/ExpandUni.html "galaxies are not moving away through space, they are moving away with space, as space itself...

A planet has been pictured outside our Solar System which appears to be circling a star like our own Sun - a first in astronomy. Most of the potential...

2004 WAS a bad year for astronomer Michael Shull. His problems began when a key instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope failed, abruptly ending his...

Hi everyone , Here is my latest image (BRC250 and ST-10XME) for complex 2h from 1440m of altitude. Homepage : http://www.danilopivato.com/ Image standard:...

Bresser LX500 equatorial mount... is it any "good" and can you still get motors for this ? Thanks

I am searching for Dubhe (alpha UMa) spectra data or plot. If someone has or knows where it is possible to find them, please tell me. Thanks