In case you weren't aware, the "Hallmark Channel" is going to show what is sure to be a "Bad Astronomy Movie" tomorrow night. It's called "Supernova." It's on...

I recently volunteered to teach a short course on astronomy to a group of kids in the 7-8th grade range (possibly some high schoolers, as well). The course...

Up on Alt.Binaries.Pictures.Astro you can find a pic of the car that so many of you helped get on the road. And if you look close enough at the photo, you can...

Hey guys, Remember the discovery of our 10th planet? I wonder what's going on. Seems to me I remember they were talking about an annoucement of a...

I am wondering how popular star hopping is nowadays among amateur astronomers as a technique to find objects in the sky. Certainly the advent of GoTo...

Been overcast here in London for over 30hrs but clearing this late afternoon to reveal extremely tenuous but large cloudlike prom on west limb as...

Observing a bit last night and I was surprised to see Capella blinkning and changing colors rapidly. Clearly these are some atmospheric effects, but I've...

I found this on a non astro N/G Flowers loved by astronomers: Stargazer Lilies, Aster Novii, and Sunflowers. Any other suggestions?

Meade 12" LX200 f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope in excellent condition. Includes all original equipment parts, manuals, and accessories as well as these...

I wanted to get up for an early session this morning. I went to bed at midnight BST and was rudely awoken at 03:00 (BST) by my alarm. In a half dazed state I...

Rosamond Report Figured this would be the last time to set up as I'd be switching over to weekend only and for many moon viewing. Got up to the area and...

Some good stories in today's (Tuesday) Los Angeles Times in the Outdoor=20 section. One about John Dobson and his telescope making workshop, one=20 about...

I was wondering why we see binoculars with 7mm exit pupils such as on 7X50, 8x56, 9X63 11X70 etc. etc. but never see any 6X42 binoculars.It seems to me this...

I have a pdf with no page #s. Is there someway I can insert page #s into it? -- Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W,...

Does anybody know if anything happened to the Kenner Observatory owned by the Lake Ponchartrain astronomical society? Kenner is a suburb of New Orleans and the...

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Big question for the refractor nuts out there. The Orion 80 ED and 100 ED look like awesome scopes, but truthfully, if I bought a larger scope than say the...

All this talk of TMB scopes in a recent thread found me looking at the source for their APO objectives: http://www.lzos.ru/en/astro_apohr.htm Standard...

Just wondering what others' opinions are. Do you find seeing conditions improve significantly when observing at a more remote location? I'm not referring to...

Anyone have any idea how large the market is for telescopes? Like how many ED-80's does Orion sell each year in the US? How about the high end refactors -...