http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3647437.stm Stick a GPS on your head and away you go! I look forward to SkyMap Pro 11... Regards, Ed

Hi, Is there any knowledgeable guys/gals in the Bracknell (Berks) area who would do a star test on my 80mm refractor for me, I think the optics may...

I'm looking at either of those two scopes now... and I'm in something of a bind. I've decided that I want 8", and the HEQ5 mount rather than the EQ5 (which I...

Quick question, who knows who stocks sheets of Baader solar film @ 12" sq. in the UK. It's getting close to some events apparently probably a good idea to get...

Toucam pro 740k was meant to be the best of the bunch, i am not sure where to toucam pro 2 fits in. If it is better, i noticed currys sell them at the...

I take it by reading a thread "LX90 First Light (longish)", most people here have a laptop to go out with to do star gazing. I have one too, its a 700Mhz one,...

Recently surfing for binoculars, looking for something with significantly more aperture and magnification than my swift audubon 8.5x44, i saw this...

Saturday 24 April 2004 starting 11:00AM BAA Observers' Workshop 5 Nottingham High School for Girls, Arboretum Street, Nottingham. Practical observing tips for...

Received this email today....I've posted it here without any comments... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a...

Can someone explain to me why focal length rather than objective/mirror size matters for astro photography ? It seems to me that an 8" scope will gather the...

Not an easy object for me as my NE horizon has lots of houses and light pollution. My wife's going to kill me when she sees what I've done to a bush at the...

Will i see a lot more difference if i decided to upgrade? Isnt the LX90 made of similar optics of the fantastic LX200??? Stuart

Hi, A small animation of the transit of Io and Jupiter, on Friday evening. Toucam Pro at the prime focus of the C8, available...

this was just posted on an OU forum. Handy site, enter your postcode (top right) click "forecast" and it gives % cloud...

andrew wrote: Andy Lawes wrote: Dont update anything I'm sure this is a virus Andy Lawes hey look a troll *digs a hole,...

Unfortunately, all the links to Bob's e-mail address on the CfDS site are broken and the one sent to me by a friend of his bounces! Can someone point me to a...

....Of the heart, that is. First the 5 year old wanders in (before sunset), and asks what the bright thing is near the moon, then the 7 year old asks for the...

Hi All, I've decided to add an RA drive to my "grab & go" 80mm F5 on an EQ1 mount. After trawling around the UK astro vendor's web sites the lowest price I...

Hi there I understand you've probably had this asked a thousand times, so I apologise in advance if I'm covering well-trodden ground. I recently purchased a...

I'm convinced I've seen them with my modest Tal-1 Newtonian at 54x magnification, but I read in Patrick Moore's 'Atlas of the Universe' that a 12-inch or...