Here's a mosaic of Clavius taken on the 4th August under reasonable seeing conditions. There's another set that's still to be processed covering the same area...

Discovery of the largest example of a small black hole one formed from the collapse of a single massive star at the end of its lifetime has led scientists to...

I have seen the Skyhawk 114M 114mm (4.5”) f/1000 Motorised Catadioptric Newtonian Reflector for sale at Warehouse Express for 135 pounds - this seems to be a...

In a previous post I typed that telescope house are increasing the price of telescopes on July 1st- the LX90 is going up by £200. You may want to check if...

the cassini probe is going to pass between the F and G rings, this will no doubt bring some fantastic imaging opportunities but isnt it a little risky? whats...

Hi all ive just got a new scope (130M) and im looking to fit my 300D directly to the scope but im not sure what type of adaptor im looking for could someone...

On 2006-04-15, wrote: Do you know the escape velocity for the solar system? How much propellant...

Ok - I'm not claiming anything here and I will not be happy until I have taken one or more confirmation shots and got reproducible results. However... the...

"A tight-knit trio of ultrabright objects called quasars has been discovered for the first time. Their proximity is probably not a coincidence - violent...

New baby means this has to go. Still in its box and only been used a couple of times at...

Type the phrase "miserable failure" into Google and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button. Best, Stephen Remove footfrommouth to reply --

Last night's NLC got even better before dawn today - lasting through the whole night on the northern horizon. More and better pics finally posted...

Moon, May 6 0h UTC coords: 17 38 s 28 19 cent long trmntr: e 44.85 sin long: 0.705 ecc ell: 0.646 dist: 246 360 mi / 392 854 km diam: 30.4' illum: 80.9%

pretty sunset sky last night and earlier test shot of distant TV aerial and Venus very low on meridian in Sagittarius mid afternoon to same scale at ...

Anybody any suggestions on what I should be looking for in a telescope. I am a total novice and have about £200 to spend. I basically want the best for my...

Hi, I've realized a mosaïc of an almost full moon (only 6 hours before). Low turbulence and good seeing for snapshot. 65 individual frames, taken with a...

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

If you had 10 grand to spend on a community/educational astronomical facility (try sying that withyour mouth full) what would you spend it on? Skies are...

Does anyone know of a UK distributor for the Tectron collimation toolkit, that's the $115 full set of tools +...

Hi all, I've just embarked on a new project which I hope to complete by the end of the Summer. I'ts a new observatory with a 3.2m rotating dome. I've put...