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I went to friends fathers funeral today. He was eulogizing his father and told a story about him I thought was great. He and his dad where talking about the...

Hi group; here is my latest (and hard) work: 12 hours north celestial pole rotation video. The video is composed by 3371 frames@25 frames per second...

Today is Galileo's birthday! In celebration you might want to take a telescope out and check out Venus, the moons of Jupiter, etc. . . . Or you could simply...

Moon Feb 16, 07 0h UTC coords: 20 30 S 22 35 cent long trmntr: 74.68 deg sine long: -0.965 ecc of ellipsoid: 0.378 dist: 230 203 mi / 370 477 km diam: 32.25...

Big Bertha Thing Battle Cosmic Ray Series Possible Real World System Constructs http://web.onetel.com/~tonylance/battle.html Access page to 600K ZIP...

Can any one enlighten me as to how any one can warn the world of an approaching blackhole, if no one can see it, especially if it is only a small one, say a...

Four years ago I build myself a CCD camera. My eyepieces have been collecting dust ever since. One recurring problem though, is frost buidling up on the CCD...

Moon, Feb 15 0h UTC coords: 19 31 S 26 12 cent long trmntr: 61.96 deg sine long: -0.8826 ecc of ell: 0.5844 dist: 237 176 mi / 381 698 km diam: 31.8...

Big Bertha Thing letter Cosmic Ray Series Possible Real World System Constructs http://web.onetel.com/~tonylance/letter.html 4K Web Page Astrophysics net ring...

After a few months using a Meade ETX 80 AT goto scope, I feel like I'd like something more "stick shift". I've been looking at the Orion Maksutovs at the...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17128075/ Yep..Canada is the major exporting nation to US.

I can't wait to see this film! Too bad for the moon hoax maniacs! http://news.com.com/2300-1023_3-6150416-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg Sundance Film Festival...

This edition is simply the best. Probably a collectors edition in the works. You are fools if you don't get it.

This is sort of an OT question regarding reflectors and a pinball machine. The backglass (where the painted picture is on the back) is backlit with a single...

Hi, I recently purchased a second hand MT-130 for 750USD (Newton Takahashi 800mmm) and have tried it last week for the first time with the eyepieces that I...

Moon 02/14 0h UTC coords: 18 31 S 28 11 cent long trmntr: 49.414 deg sine long: -0.759 ecc of ellipsoid: 0.747 dist: 237 176 mi / 381 698 km diam: 31.3...

What is the general opinion on the best and most useful magazine for amateur astromomers? With the criteria as articles that you can actually apply to...

I would like some recommendations regarding which of these two scopes would be recommended for a semi-novice (just completed the Messier list, but with...

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23389&d=1171093375 Finished on Saturday and had a thunderstorm to test it. All dry and...