http://members.cox.net/ronby/Solar-System/Mars-083103-TV102.htm Enjoy, Ron B

http://members.cox.net/ronby/Solar-System/Mars-090203-Deimos-TV102.htm What do you think? Nice report which has some credence. Others have reported...

closer up = dimmer . Wait till you try it at night. It's really going to suck! "Darren" wrote in...

Hi Larry, The Feathertouch Focuser by Starlight Instruments will definitely be THE way to go. If you cannot find contact info for them, write me off line, and...

Time to fess up. After all my years in this hobby, I still suffer from not being able to easily and accurately determine directions in the reversed FOV my...

Hi Everyone: I've Google'd the web and have not been able to come up with anything on this - perhaps someone here can help. I am in the market for an...

http://www.foet.org/JeremyRifkin.htm

Anyone care to speculate on the total acres of glass pointed at Mars during the recent week of closest approach? In an idle moment I wondered if this could...

What is the surface brightness of Mars? It would be interesting to compare this figure to that of deep sky objects. Mark

Last night at a Star Party there was a guy there who just bought a Meade LX 200 14". Now lets get something streight. He is using this telescope for...

at least to the camera, deeper in color than the other light areas on Mars. Hi: Kinda hard to tell from that B-I-G image, but there are numerous darker...

I've just finished a Dob mount and need some Teflon. I haven't been able to raise Ed at Tscopes.com by email or phone. Does anyone know where else I can buy...

Does anyone on the ng have experience in the construction of one of the AstroSystems truss-Dob Telekits? I'm in the process of putting together their 16-inch...

Mike, had to be your computer....I just punched on Gary Honis' site and it came up fine. Clear Skies, Tom W. Michael Barlow wrote: CAREFUL of this...

I am working on my Messier list and the biggest hole I have right now is the Galaxies between Virgo, Leo and Coma Berenices. I live in Iowa, where the skies...

Hey all! I've been viewing mars on my el-cheepo telescope with a 12.5x eyepiece and a 3x Barlow. My question is, do they make 15x or say, 20x eyepieces? I...

Your threads in this NG should be about amateur astronomy, not about screwing!! Clear, Dark, Steady Skies! (And considerate neighbors!!!)

I'm just curious... When was the exact second (or minute, or hour) when Mars was at its closest distance to earth? I was *extremely* lucky with this Mars...

I often agree with Maher and find him funny, however disagree with him here, whenever there is excitement over something he does not like he belittles the...

Looking to buy one - any suggestions?