Good article. You really can see those planets just like this guy sez. I tried it on my computer " sky map, " and it works. I'll be a monkey's uncle....

...According to JPL the diameters are : Deimos 12.2 km; Phobos 22.2 km If you can pick up thoose puppies in your 127 mm your doing pretty good. I'll give you...

Another thread got me looking up the different classes of lasers, and their safety. In the course of looking at this...

Space Weather News for August 24, 2003 http://spaceweather.com AURORA SEASON: In less than one month Northern autumn will begin--and that means aurora season...

Was that some image of Mars or what? Was it a 12' or a 14 Meade he used? I may start saving....... Gaz

Hi folks, A good friend of mine (Who is a fanatical Camera Collector) gave me an 8oz bottle of this Optical Lens Cleaner some time back, and recommended I try...

"Jon Isaacs" wrote in message ... A couple of thoughts: GOTO can be nice as are...

So, last night our local club had the first of several Mars viewings. We set up six scopes on the soccer field at a local college and 40 - 50 people showed up...

I am new at this drift alignment thing and I understand that I have to check for the direction of drift. But drifting direction would depends on the type of...

I sure dont hear much about the 14"X-200! Have yet to see any reports, from what i hear the OTA and forks weight 125lbs. Setting up the 12" LX200 was bad...

I heard of other magazines doing this and I hope it's just a simple mistake from Astronomy magazine... I just got an email from them telling me that my...

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I'm finding lots of Windows and Macintosh software but only image capture software and the Gimp for Linux. Am I destined to run Windows software under...

In article , V. Lad wrote: What does the three collimation screws do: - does it move both the crown and the flint at...

Who makes an easily usable and readable star chart? I have been printing star charts with SNP and frankly, I want something better. My personal favorite...

How do you get back at your husband for all those stupid practical jokes over the years? Call him at his work that is over an hour away and tell him about...

Hi. Trying to align a 8" f/6 Newtonian that I recently acquired (though it is 25 years old). After some attempts at collimation the airy disk on both sides...

Last night my first non-family guests in many years (What can I say? I'm a bit of a hermit in the "real" world.) showed up to view Mars through Ecaliber from...

Hello- My name is Gene Alloway and I wanted to let you know I am bringing up a new version of my website "Mars in the Mind of Earth: A Bibliography of Terran...

Ever concerned for accuracy in reporting, my local TV news station has informed the city that on the 27th if you point binoculars towards Mars you can see the...