http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40449234 Dr Friederike Otto from the University of Oxford, one of the study's authors, told BBC News. "We found a...

On Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 3:55:58 PM UTC+1, oriel36 wrote: On Jul 9, 2:20Â*am, Nomen Nescio wrote: One of the most enjoyable...

Just inherited a GM8, but only had a cord for plugging into the car battery. The manual does say 12V @ 700 mA current. Would a simple "wall wort" be ok to...

Hello everybody, I'm trying to get in touch with one or more amateur astronomers here in London (UK) that own or have access to a Coronado Telescope or a...

Hello, Sorry for asking about this in a newsgroup but I´d like to know if anyone in USA could buy the outlet Meade product Meade Model 884 Tripod for ETX...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2006--Meade Instruments Corp. (Nasdaq:MEAD), today announced that on June 19, 2006, it received a Nasdaq Staff...

Does anyone know where I can find a simple (cheap) 1.25" filter holder (i.e. 3 filters) based on a slide and not rotation

Hi All, I want to begin star gazing as an activity I can share with my 4 year old daughter. It's never too early to jump start an interest in science. I'm...

Moon, June 4, 0h UTC coords: 19 18 s 26 19 cent long trmntr: e 50.76d sin long: 0.774 ecc ell: 0.568 dist: 241 933 mi / 389 354 km diam: 30.69' illum: 91.1%

This surely qualifies as an astro photo of the year. The ISS and Discovery against the disc of the sun with a highlighting sunspot. ...

Looking for impute from users of the Konus 150 refractor. It seems reasonably priced for a 6" refractor.... Any help would be appreciated... Thanks Robert...

I'm trying to find a cheap EQ mount for a 10" OD newtonian that's 66" long. It weighs right around 20lbs. I only plan to use this for visual use, but it has...

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I may be a skeptic - having been expelled from UT Austin's Aerospace Engineering a semester short of my Ph.D for having found a faster, safer, more efficient...

Hi all, My Maxscope 40mm arrived in time for the transit, but unfortunately the weather in Nova Scotia, Canada, did not cooperate. We had a crowd set up on a...

Phoebe images posted. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

A little OT, but could we see these in telesscope someday? Casio is continuing to take the lead in this field by creating the world's first transparent...

Hello does anybody know if a pc program exists that can picture a 3D map of the solar system ? Kind of able to show different, possibly moving, images on...

Hi everybody!!! Thanks to all for your help, i was looking at the equations of Rick Scott for the L-H but i cant understand the one i think is the Diameter of...

Hi I have today bought myself a telescope (Telstar 500*114 reflector) so I might be able to see Mars if the sky clears. Two questions 1. I wondered if...