"Chris.B" wrote in message ... All such near perfection is still nothing like standing...

Adam wrote (from sci.astro.amateur): These loonies are advocating people view the sun and venus using CD's as filters. Worse, they suggest using them taped...

MDJ nous a écrit : Great photos of the 4th and 5th day. Thank you. I took a mosaic of the 5th day with my Orion ED80mm. Mosaiced in iMerge. More...

I have been bothered by my last image of Venus. There's a strong tendancy to visually try and complete the circle. The...

Chaps Ive met a girl(Bird to all those from Kent!), whooopee i hear you all groan... She loves the stars and has always wanted a telescope. No more feeling...

I've decided to build a permanent pier for my EQ6/MN61 and I have a question: The pier will be a 2m length of 152mm OD steel tube (10mm wall thickness) which...

On 2 Jun 2004 00:47:59 -0700, (Chris.B) wrote: Looking at Pete's raw cresent Venus images made me wonder about the ethics of stacking. Isn't...

Hi all Another site to have a look at it is: http://home.freeuk.net/dgstrange/transit.venus.2004/ Should have semi live images in visable and possibly Ha,...

i have upadate my web site 2 time in this week... I have uploaded some deep sky images... by marco -- ----- Marco Fazzoli - 3402997576 - ...

Is there a lunar equivalent of the midnight sun, a situation where the Moon doesn't set?

Are off to deal seafront for the transit? Rob

"Dre" wrote: I've upload a stacked image I got back from K3CCDTools after processing. Perhaps I'm not using the software correctly. I...

It looks like Starry Night, owned by a Toronto based company is now owned by a company called Imaginova Inc of New York. Breath of life or kiss of born again...

Anyone know if there will be a webcast of the Venus Transit? I only have a small scope suitable for night viewing, and as I don't have any solar filters,...

The material that makes up the Zodiacal light is quite young. The pressure of sunlight causes the particles to either fall into the sun or be 'blown' intot he...

Could be, according to scientists http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_968412.html?menu= Marcus

Having been involved in Astronomy for over thirty years I can honestly say that I consider many beginners to this hobby to be wasting money on needless...

Alarming story in the Indie on Sunday (taken from a paper in Science) says the Sun has dimmed by about 10 percent in 50 years. Nobody knows why. Soot in the...

Hi All Could someone please let me know how far the Solar Wind is. Thank you Daz

Hi All, I've been spending a lot more time looking at the sky recently since I moved from SW London to Northern Ireland which has a fair degree of darkness...