When I purchased my celestron 6 inch along with it came the software program "The Sky". I purchased Star Atlas 2000 by Will previous to this. Being new I ask...

James White wrote: Rand Simberg Sorry, hate to break it to you, but earth orbit is in space. Are you really serious or is that tiny semantic...

Hi James H At our present time long distance trips(Mars) are much to dangerous. If the space ship had a crew of 7 that is a lot of weight. Their weight and...

Is it easy to spot Saturn's rings through a telescope? Does any one have any suggestions of where to find the planet in the sky. I live in the south-east of...

Just listened to some great interviews on Mars and Saturn. This is the intro to the one on Mars: The Mars Global Orbiter has come up with what looks like...

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, "Laura" wrote: I've recently seen a question asked dealing with relativity, which got me thinking, and I would...

An answer to a question from email: No, we are not your protectors. Not per se. Our efforts have the peripheral effect of protecting all life on...

OK we know the gravitational influence of one galaxy acts like a lens to create a magnified picture of a far more distant galaxy located behind it. With all...

In article Rabbi Min wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Guarding the...

I noticed a rainbow colored star in the eastern sky tonight, when I observed it with binoculars it seems to radiate many colors of light. What is it?!? I've...

I would like to generate a table of dates on which the 5 naked-eye planets appear and disappear from view, thru Jan. 2013 I only need rough...

Does anyone know where I can d/l a spread sheet that provides a list of constellations and the stars/objects etc that each contain. This would be a great...

I currently own an LX10. I've been looking at an upgrade to something larger, maybe 11, 12" or larger SCT. Just got December 2003 Astronomy magazine and...

I have a meade 10 inch the tube being the sono cardboard type. I was thinking of replacing it with an aluminum tube mainly for the looks. Anyone have any...

Almost everyday, I see someplace either a post or I hear someone talking or a artical in a newspaper saying that instead of using the shuttle and having a...

We read that spiral galaxies have blackholes at their cores. I don't hear that elliptical galaxies have blackholes at their cores. I read that elliptical...

Seeing Extraterrestrials By Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute Space.com China's Great Wall may, indeed, be a whale of a wall, but you can't see...

What size of telescope do you need to observe the rings round Saturn?

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-releases-03/20031205-pr-a.cfm Media Contacts: Heidi Finn (720) 974-5859 Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for...

Big Bertha Thing gamma Cosmic Ray Series Possible Real World System Constructs http://web.onetel.com/~tonylance/gamma.html Access page JPG 81K...