A few weeks ago, I spent some time trying to locate and obtain a revealing observation of MCG +01-48-001. I don't recall ever having observed an MCG galaxy...

Today's (9-1-04) WSJ has an interesting article on John Dobson. I didn't know he is 90 now! Anyhow, anything to get the message across to those...

Date: September 5, 2004 Equipment: 30mm Rini Widefield 1.25" eyepieces Denkmeier Standard Binoviewer with 2:" OCS 22" f/4 dob with Equatorrial Platform 2"...

Manuel Joseph Din wrote in : Greetings, fellow SAA readers. I own a large aperture...

$910.00 2 3d 15h 48m MINT MEADE 10 LX200 AUTOSTAR II GPS UHTC TELESCOPE $900.00 - 6d 21h 17m MINT MEADE 10 LX200 AUTOSTAR II GPS UHTC TELESCOPE $900.00 - 6d...

I'm still new to astronomy, and buying the Dob I want is still a little ways away, and astrophotography is a long ways away from that, but my question is still...

http://www.buytelescopes.com/product_list.asp?t=1&fmanf=105&pricelow=&pricehigh=&sort=name Why doesn't Orion supply it's ED OTA's with finder scopes? A...

Hi, a friend of mine has found an older Orion Deep Space Explorer 8" Dob at a pawn shop for $200, this is an odd looking beast as it has a single heavy wire...

Hi Folks; I'll be in the Pacific NW at Anacortes's Optics and Imaging expo on Sat. Sept. 25. See http://www.buytelescopes.com/document.asp?docid=221 for more...

There was an M class solar flare on the 12th of September. Murray Dryer predicted on Sunday that the shock would arrive early on the 15th. The data from the...

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/satellite/animateweb_e.html?imagetype=satellite&imagename=goes_gedisk11_1070_m_..................jpg&nbimages=1&clf=1 The loop...

Hi, I am about to debark on a trip to australia, and I would like to take some unguided shots of the milky way. I will be using a 28mm lens at f 3.5 and expect...

Anyone using a Celestron C-102 refractor? Do you have it on their equatorial mount? If so, how do you like it? I'm thinking of picking one up for solar...

....did I win this time? lol Best regards, Bill

Someone may have mentioned this, but there are a few of these on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=28181&item=3839970838&rd=1

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, not just to the group but to amateur astronomy as well. I've got a good math/sci background and I've done a great deal of research...

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USNationalStd.asp?loc=usa&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=SatelliteImagery&product=UnitedStatesLoop&prodnav=none A stall over Miss....

This NOAA picture shows clearly that people should head for the hills real fast. Pensacola , New Orleans are going to to get hammered and the thing is going to...

Milky Way 13.6 Billion Years Old ~+-800 million. One of original galaxies in universe. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth_age_040817.html

To some SkyTools is the leading observation planning software. To others it is about great charts for use at the scope. For some it is a tool for driving...