I am trying a web site with the formulas for the calculation of the positions and the orbits of planets, comets etc... Thank you. JJ

First of all, thanks to all who responded to my previous thread concerning how to properly pronounce "Uranus". Yesterday, I gave my oral presentation on the...

Hello again, My next report is going to concern youth astronomy. Where could I find out a rough estimate for the percent of teens 18 and under (broken down...

Sox-n-Eagles Fan wrote: Hi I was hoping someone could help me figure out how to use the Meade LPI and control software (Autostar Suite) to work with my...

WARNING - CONTAINS SOME SWEAR WORDS ;) I copied and pasted this from my website which also has pictures and a longer version of my obs report from the...

Hi. Does anyone know of a way to pass along a user's latitude/longitude to the Sky & Telescope web site? For it's almanac? I believe the S&T site is browser...

I saw one of Meade's new telescope offerings, the aplanatic Schmidt-Cassegrain that the company chooses to call an advanced Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain, at...

Miss Moon, good day to you. Welcome to you! If you want to see the moon on the earth, take a look on...

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Recently, I have become somewhat interested in trying to capture daytime images of wildlife and landscapes. However, I am having difficulty deciding what...

Tom wrote: I just thought the off-axis guider might be the best option. Any suggestions would be welcome, including scope types, mounts, piggy back...

To my astronomy student of the last eight years: Within the last week, I shared with you images of Jupiter and Saturn taken by Bob Sandy. I have forwarded...

Half-way through the long version of the preliminary design report for the Euro50 fifty-metre telescope, it's mentioned that a company "Zecko" spun off from...

Hi everybody, I was wondering if anyone has used the 2" r&p focuser sold by OVL, see: http://www.opticalvision.co.uk/products.asp?D=65&P=225 or the one...

Every so often someone asks about home planetarium projectors and I just happened across this product on gizmodo.com http://snipurl.com/e27x Supposed to sell...

Dear friends you are welcome to a new "Telescope" group. No annoying adverticements (like in Yahoo groups) here. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Telescopes

We sure do. They're noisy germ-carriers. All hail Georgito Busholini, our beloved El Douche`, and his brave Oilshirts----Today Iraq, Tomorrow Ethiopia,...

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/s/washpost/20050416/ts_washpost/a57641_2005apr15&printer=1 So the cat is out of the bag. "The U.S. military will begin using an...

Greetings. I have been playing around with webcams and a 300D for a little while, and have been using a growing number of applications that run on Linux (in...

Howdy, I am looking for a usb camera, that can detect the aurora. The camera will be on a moving base, so I can't use long exposure times. I read the thread...