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Space Shuttle Discovery launches on the 13th July at 8.51pm BST. I understand others have viewed the Shuttle as it passes over the UK in the past. Anyone have...

I've been given Welder's glass with the following stamped on it, EN169 11 MUREX Anyone know if these are safe for viewing a Solar Eclipse? -- Gareth Random...

Got back today from Turkey. We viewed the eclipse under perfect blue skies. It was quite incredible and everyone there was suitably impressed. I've seen other...

The European-built Smart-1 spacecraft has sent back its first close-up images of the Moon, showing the cratered landscape in glorious...

uksa I've setup a website with the aim of raising £100 for the victims of the tsunami in SE Asia. Please try to help in any way you...

Have you taken images of the Moon, Planets, or maybe Deep Sky objects? There's lots of websites out there with these images but I'm designing a site that will...

This looks interesting. Haven't tried yet. Downloading software now... "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released Maestro, a public version of the primary...

See http://www.garethslee.com/eclipse/ All taken from http://www.astronomi.no/live/ -- Gareth Slee Alcohol and calculus don't mix Never drink and derive

"An astronomer is someone who can't get the order of magnitude of his magnitudes correct" Anyone shed any light on this quote? Gareth -- "Stupid...

Hello, I'd like to convert my equatorial Newt into a Dobsonian and wondered if there's anywhere I can buy a pre-built Dobsonian mount capable of supporting a...

Novice atronomer looking for good telescope,budget £300,and ant online sites i should be looking at. TIA :-)

'007 spy suit' found in Nasa bunker By Irene Mona Klotz at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida The spy was definitely not called Bond, for that name is not...

Whether or not Voyager 1 has actually left the solar system, and most scientists agree it hasn't, it's nevertheless more than 24 light/hours away from Earth,...

Probably a stupid question, but have any stars ever been seen as a discernable disc shape as opposed to the points of light we normally see? Don't say our sun,...

Does anyone know if Coronado Binomites are available in the UK? I've done a search but came up with nothing for this part of the world. Seeing as how the Moon...

Does angular separation of stars correspond with the FOV of binoculars? Orions belt spans 2 degrees and 44 mins, but just fits into the FOV of my binoculars...

I've never seen spotter scopes mentioned in this newsgroup. Are they suitable for astronomy at all, or am I barking up the wrong tree? Garry