I recently bought a Meade 8" LX 2080 in great condition, but the previous owner had the secondary re-coated and did not reset it in the casing. There is a...

Hello, We would like to announce we have just made a new release of XEphem, version 3.7. You can read all about it at http://www.xephem.com. Below is a list...

I bought my first telescope a few months ago and finally picked up the camera mount for my Digital Rebel. However, I'm a little baffled as to where the...

Is there a type of telescope such that a reasonably-sized example can be kept on a folded tripod, carried down a couple of flights of stairs, unfolded, and be...

Hi to all! Here there is a shot of the 2 planets and moon during the 8th august. The sky was really dark and the moon and Venus were visible at naked eye for...

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When is the peak of this meteor shower? Please provide the time in GMT.

I have read that star hd 143436/hip 78399 may be a very close match to sol,and is not extremely distant to boot.However I haven't been able to find a finder...

I want to buy a telescope, which I will use for star hopping to find DSOs. I plan to use about 60x or less to find my object then change eyepieces or use a...

Why, would a 16" lx200 be stingy in its color delivery vs. a 17" f/4.5 Coulter (which is great) ? Is there something about the sct design which inherently...

I was going for a bike ride early this morning in my neighborhood in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, and was distracted by a bright flash in the sky. I...

Hello All: I am seeing a spectecular view of the new moon with a planet neraby here in Northern California. Are there any places on Internet that may have a...

I'm looking for a site that parodied all of the landing "hoax" nuts. It had drawings showing all the claims they make, but there were mice hiding in craters...

Pluto is now located only 1' from 8.26 magnitude TYC6234-00170-1 which can be found centered about 1 degree below a line extending between Xi and Nu Serpentis....

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=17666 At 320m diameter, a good size nuke would take care of it rather than deflecting it

Has anyone seen the article below about Mars circulating on the Internet? It sounds like someone doesn't know what they're talking about. Specifically, this...

I've posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/300d.htm an experimental wideangle shot of Cygnus with a 85mm fl f/2 lens + prism on my Canon 300D DSLR and...

Sam posted a message last week which described the process for downloading satellite elements and converting them for use within XEphem. Can someone point me...

Can anyone say whether it's worth travelling to see this? Have never seen an annular eclipse and there are cheap flights to Alicante. Is it worth the...

Hi ! With 200mm canon lens on a 300D - two hours to catch this faint nebula. Carefull it's a big one : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion.azur/coconbig.htm Best...