While processing my Madrid annular eclipse pictures it occurred to me that it might be possible to reveal a bit more of the Moon by processing the contact...

looking for one of these for Christmas for a very keen 8 year old. He is a saturn freak so short tubes are out. Would prefer alt az mount. the choice seems to...

Androcles wrote: Assistant Professor "Paul B. Andersen" of : Agder University College (HiA) Serviceboks 422, N-4604...

can anyone recommend a monocular suitable for general observing,,,binocs just dont agree with me ....im supposing that the 10 x 50 "rule" still applys ..ie...

Serious, but daft, question by a student of mine at school... "Sir, what would happen to the Earth if it was plunged into the Sun?" I replied that it would...

Hi Folks, Lincolnshire Astronomer Paul Money is proud to announce that World Renowned Vatican Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno will be coming to...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone else noticed some short video dropouts on the Sky at Night program (MPEG1) video file on the Issue 5 magazine CD-ROM? I...

Some colleagues and I were talking the other day about various things astronomical, and we realised none of us knew the answer to a very simple question: When...

I found some new info on their website (http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/SXV-AO.htm) but no pricing or availability. Google doesn't reveal much...

Dear group members, Does any body know what the supposed mass of the universe is and if so how it was worked out. I ask because I seem to recall that...

Afaik, the latitude of a place on Earth usually used in astronomy (solar eclipse, occultations, apparent coordinates of a planet, ...) or, generally speaking,...

Last month, the sun went haywire. Almost every day for two weeks in early September, solar flares issued from a giant sunspot named "active region 798/808."...

Group, I'll be testing these out (Zeiss 12x56s) with a view to buy over the next couple of days. If I decide they are impossible to hand hold at all I might...

100% cloud cover here in BH22.:-)) Oh well. When's the next eclipse? Steve

HI all Due to the excellent advise I received from this newsgroup before buying some binoculars recently I thought I'd try again with a new scope or mount in...

Hi Folks, Is there anyone who has a spare seat to the SPA do at Cambridge on Saturday. I am OK for a lift back, but could do with a lift there. I could...

I've bought myself a Pentax DLSR and want to turn to astrophotography. Has anyone out there used this camera for astrophotography ? I know that Canon make a...

Supernova? About some astronomer. Don't know anything else, if it's fact or some fiction thing Just thought I'd let you guys know Martin

Where could I buy a micrometric piggyback? I need a piggyback able to support 10-15 lbs and with micrometric regulations in two directions. Do You know a brand...

Our club needs a modest priced and handleable scope with goto/find to augment an older non-goto 8" Celestron on equatorial mount. It's for general viewing...