Posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/mars03.htm is this morning's image of Phobos and Deimos in a single frame. Earlier occulting bar discarded - dynamic...

For several months I have been using a NexStar 11 SCT but have found it suffers from a terrible internal condensation problem that makes late night observing...

WANTED: ASTRONOMY NOW MAGAZINE Need back issues of this magazine from 1987-1993 and from 1999 to present. Odd issues or complete years considered. Please send...

JRS: In article , seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy, Astronomy Astronomy@community- spirit.demon.company.uk...

Hi everybody, I have what looks like a 38mm focal length ~60deg AFOV lens assembly. Its in a plain cylindrical brass sleeve 42mm diam and 40mm in length, with...

Ok, I have what I assume to be a x3 Barlow (only just figured out I was inserting it the wrong way), and 2 eyepieces, a 15mm kellner and a 25mm plossl....

I apologise in advance :-) couldnt resist it, thought it very funny Dave

Hi Jim, Is anyone aware of any low-cost star chart software for PalmOS devices? http://www.seds.org/billa/astrosoftware.html lists some software and...

Anyone in the Lincs area is welcome to come along to a free public star party on Saturday (20 September). It's at Chambers Wood, near Wragby, twelve miles...

perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was...

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:21:54 GMT, (Maurice Gavin) wrote: Can someone accurately compute the position of Nereid for 2003 Sept 17 @ 22.00UT...

I.J Jordan wrote: At the moment I mainly use "Cartes du Ciel",but sometime within the next few days I am moving from a...

Mike Ring wrote in : Forgot to mention it's the brightest thing in the...

Roger Smith wrote: Some months ago there was talk of holding a star party in north Derbyshire, possibly Edale, as I hadn't got going with my scope then I ...

Hi folks, I've been lurking a while and have some questions about the image quality I'm getting. Basically the scope is a 114mm reflector with a focal length...

I'm not in the astronomy loop. But I have a question, is it possibly here in the UK to have a full moon in the day ? Or at twilight (the hour after...

Just In case you don't know. After orbiting Jupiter 34 times and surviving four times the amount of radiation it was design to withstand, the resilient...

"DXP" wrote in message ... How suitable is the ETX 125 for astrophotography?...

Is anyone from the list attending this year? My wife has allowed me to go on my own this year, excellent news for me it means no dog tied up around the...

Could some kind hearted soul please let me know where i can find an on-line Star Catalogue with star names, RA, DEC, Distance and absolute magnitude. Thanks...