No earthbased telescope is able to resolve the Apollo artifacts, not even the Hubble Space Telescope. "Jim Jones" wrote in...

Hi there. You posted: I´m about to buy a 6'' Maksutov (1900mm), but my scopedealer claims, that it´s more a 'planetscope', than a 'deepsky-scope'. As far...

I don't think a telescope is too complex for a newbie (I am one too). I have been able to see Jupiter and some of its moons, Saturn, Mars, and a few star...

Hi, Do all man made satellites that we've sent up to orbit the earth orbit in the same direction as the earth's rotation? As I understand from earlier posts,...

Star light is just a pin hole. Would it be an advantage to just make a pin hole for the viewing star's light to shine through before doing anything else? ...

When I put my scope outside to get it close to the ambient temp, should I keep then lens cap on or off? BV.

Doc wrote: I've been experimenting with a Meade 5" reflector, and find that the Moon looks incredible, but when looking at Mars, with anything of greater...

I have a question I hope someone can help out with. I've acquired an old Celestron C4.5 Reflector scope. It came with an equatorial mount - according to the...

Hi, I am finding it difficult to deal with the apparent paradox that there are millions of planets out there which can support life, but we haven't...

Hello, I am trying to learn to use Dec. and R.A. to locate objects. The manual for my telescope (meade 4500 with equatorial mount) defines R.A. as 24 lines...

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Over the years I've been happy with the neighborhoods where I've lived. I've been an amateur astronomer for over two decades and we moved here in 1984 as it's...

DEEP NEWS Newsletter for the Deep Impact mission Issue 2, August 2003 Welcome to the second issue of Deep News. July marked the Deep Impact project's two-year...

"Daniel Kessler" wrote in message ... Can anyone help me on this one? I've been...

Given this recent, unprecedented approach of Mars, has anyone (amateur/professional) taken pictures of the red planet and published them on the net? I'm...

I was reading an article on MSNBC.com today about the Titanic, http://www.msnbc.com/news/955061.asp?0dm=C12NT. Apparently, there are microbes called rusticles,...

anyone planning to see Mars on 27th evening? where would you go?

Hi, I have couple of puzzles I don't understand. Can anyone help out? (1) Why there must be dark matter in the galaxies? From what I can understand, it has...

Around midnight, 30 or so degrees above the southern horizon. It'll be the brightest starlike object in the area, with a distinctly orangish tint. "Jim...

Can anyone tell me if Meade makes good telescopes? My wife and I are looking to buy a scope and have our eye on the Meade - ETX-125AT Telescope w/ Autostar...