The scope has generated a lot of interest, see the previous threads on s.a.a. My original unit is in the hands of a professional optical engineer and...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Continued from part 1... Open your favorite astronomy program. As always, I use Astrolog, so all examples given refer to...

Clear, Steady Nights Everyone ! Before I go Googling for this information, I thought I might ask around here if there is an on-line catalogue of visual...

If the skies cooperate, I'm going to take a shot (pun) at photographing Mars. My camera will shoot 1600x1200 jpg's (no raw mode) or 320x240, 20fps, 15 second...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ANY MODERN ASTRONOMY program will work for this lesson. I recommend using the freeware Astrolog 5.41G with the freeware...

We need to connect our Canon Powershot (no filter thread) to our C5 for eyepiece projection. What are you using outthere ? Regards. CV

I've seen the effect your describing in Clavius... Orion "kandr" wrote in message ... ...

Hi folks! Everytime I want to check this newsgroup on google, I get a forbidden-error. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks! Pieter -- -------------

Could someone explain something to me, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to telescopes and eyepieces? I have a Celestron 114mm telescope with two eyepieces, a...

Subject: EQ3 mount and 8 inch reflector? From: "GoldfishPanda" Date: 8/21/03 4:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id:...

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:53:52 -0500, wrote (in message ): The table tells me that Mars rises at...

Dear friends, Attached were a set of mars images taken in this morning. I use harder processing for the shot taken at 20:36 and the other two with...

Chris L Peterson wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 04:50:00 GMT, "Jack...

Sat night...Mount Forest, Ontario ~2-3 am EDT Had 30 inch (stopped to 11 inches) up to 488 power on Mars...using 7 mm Nagler.. looked fabulous even with a...

Where can I find a website or a program showing me the visual aspect of Mars at any date/time of observation, as seen through a medium amateur telescope? I...

What is the formula for determining the highest power one can select in an eyepiece before there is a degradation in imagery? Thx.

Just wondered if the new Celestron CGE mounts, with GO-TO are better than the older C-1700 mounts? And how does it handle the C-14 OTA? I'm sure the optics...

Since January I've been lurking here, browsing various astronomy websites and buying astronomy books. Due to recent events I now have easy access to a large,...

Yes. Atmos. turbulence. TW Pierre Vandevenne wrote: Probably a stupid question, but when performing a star test is it normal to have a decent in-focus...

See http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html for updated tips and insights into observing the moons of Mars (follow the "Focus On..." link). Now is the...