Ok and hello. I have a couple of pairs of binos here - the first is the smaller - and would like your knowlegable opinions on each - if you would be so...

Hi, I am going to take the plunge and build my first reflector telescope (dobsonian) after many months searching through posts. The primary mirror will...

As hamlet said, "that is the question?" The apparent growing virtual certainty of there being life on Mars seems to go hand in hand with there once, twice,...

I am setting up a website to hold a record of amateur observations. I really started out as a hobbyist thing for my own use but I think it could be developed...

I am a relatively newcomer to astrophotography and I have been very pleased with the results of shots of the moon which I have been taking this week. So, as...

Can anyone recommend some good binoculars for Astronomy (and hopefully Bird watching etc) around £250 ?. What size should I look for and are the Canon IS...

Venus is heading towards it's transit on June 8th (National Cloud Day in the UK). It's now a fairly thin crescent and well worth a last evening look (for a...

Hi, I've just edited a small animation of Venus, over the last five monthes. I can't do any other images of the planet, it's too close of the Sun now. And,...

Today I was browsing a well known Atronomy selling and buying website. The following article brought to me both a good belly laugh, and also a feeling of...

Hi Chaps, Bit of a wish here but I'd like to throw an idea out or grovel if you like. Obviously when we go off on our hols we'd like to take our fav scope...

I've posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/ogspec.htm some new spectra of stars in Cygnus and Lyra via small prism before a camera lens coupled to CCD. ...

I should be picking up an EQ5 dual axis drive soon and wondered what I should use to power it instead of 8 D cells. I'm currently staring at a web page that...

Taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3755617.stm Nasa's Spitzer telescope has found evidence around a distant star for a planet that may be less...

Taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3753115.stm By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor The Universe is at least 156 billion...

Hi if you lived on Mars how often if ever would you see a transit of earth and is it as rare as the forthcoming venus transit

Daytime capture of Venus. Need to be careful while locating it now as it's only 13 degrees from the Sun. Sweeping the area that Venus is in needs...

It's worth noting that the next programme is on on Sat 5th (12:45 to 13:10 BST), repeated on Monday the 7th (00:50 to 1:15 BST), a reversal of the usual...

Science and Religion If you're interested in science and in religion, and wish the two were more in agreement, you're invited to a free download of the book...

With just a 4% phase and just over 11 days until it's historic encounter with the Sun, Venus is now moving Sunward at a fair rate. However, it is still visible...

After some procrastination, much reading around here and elsewhere, I decided to wash the main mirror of my 200mm Helios Dobsonian. The skies cleared a short...