Thank you Maurizio Disciullo for the great image of Mars.

The morning of August 24 was probably the best seeing in Santa Fe this summer. http://www.belayslave.com/astronomy/mars2003/mars2003.htm

Hi Gang: I was hoping for great seeing on this day of closest approach...but it was definitely not as good as this past weekend, and the transparency was not...

have there been any reports on how dark (mag.?) the sky got?

Hi, I live in a light polluted area (naked-eye limit magnitude +5.8). Recently I was strucked by the clarity of the Veil nebula through my 20" dobson + 31 mm...

I apologize to the people in Southern California. The hurricane off Baja is all my falut. I bought a new scope yesterday.

After 2 weeks on holiday I was pleased to be able to image Mars again this morning. Quite noticably bigger, brighter and lower in the sky! Still limited by my...

My last message several minutes ago should have a price of 200-400 dollars. Thanks for any help again

They had a member of the Atlanta Astronomical Society/Group, whatever, on CNN at a star party for a public viewing of Mars. The guy was a bit of a goof. When...

Any of these any good compared with the Helios Skyliner 200 Dobsonian i am selling Meade LX90 £1799 Meade LXD55 Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" £1349 Celestron Nexstar...

The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. How accurate is that statement? Thanks M.B.

Gary wrote: Has anyone used Denton Vacuum to coat their mirrors? If so, are you pleased with the quality of the coating? Dunno .. my brother's name is...

When I was in college we used to play a game of matching our friends to characters in Gilligan's Island. It seems to me that a better match for s.a.a. would...

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ground_sharp_030826.html SPQR

Hello all, I'm the guy who was asking what I should do about my 30 year old primary for my 8" Newtonian. Anyway, I haven't done anything with it, due to...

Anyone else feeling a bit left out by this excitement over a little red dot? :-) Best, Dave Author of the Supernovae and Supernova Remnants...

I'm about to install three fans on my truss tube dob and need a Pot. I'll be using a 12volt gel cell for power. What kind of Pot do I need and where can I get...

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:27:15 +0800, "Jornada" wrote: Hi Chris, I don't intend to film a movie. Just jpg images at 1280x1024 or...

Went outside to check the clouds and looked up at MARS in the low sky, turned my eyes towards the lightdome of Lancaster/Palmdale/L.A. and right at that second...

Can the Scopetronix eyepiece projection adapter be used with any telescope? I plan to use the adapter with my Orion SkyView Pro 127 Maksutov-Cassegrain and a...