Lead story picture has solder looking thru binos next to a cat. Is it Mak or SCT? Doubtful he's going for Mars low on the horizon.

Date: Friday night, 7/25/2003, 9:30pm to 3:00am local PDT Location: Cottonwood Spring campground, Joshua Tree National Park, Calif. Equipment: 10" f/5...

I have recently purchased the Orion SteadyPix camera mount for afocal photography through my scope. How critical is the camera position relative to the...

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Hi, I came across a pic of Earth taken from a Mars Orbiter some months back and was intrigue by the image. With Mars and Earth now getting very close, does...

Hello Hans, "Hans Johansson" wrote in message: A short question from a rookie; When starting with amateur astronomy and the...

I've been arguing with a friend who has a telescope about using film instead of a digital camera. He insists that film is not as good as using the digital...

I've always had a casual interest in astronomy, since I was a little tyke, as a matter of fact, but never really devoted any energy or money in the hobby. A...

Hi all, Last week I observed M56/M57, albireo, Mars and... for the first time ever from my own light polluted backyard the Veil nebula or Cygnus Loop. Thanks...

Had another go this morning; the sky was getting a bit bright by 04.45, which is when I began imaging, hence the blue background to the image, but I'm getting...

For the last four or five years, I have looked in vain for the book Star Clusters, by Brent A. Archinal and Steven J. Hynes. In his famous book The Messier...

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/features/mars-opposition.cfm Mars Moves in for Some Quality Visual Time Lisa Townsend Jet Propulsion Laboratory,...

Well, it's my "thesis" that perhaps as we close in on Mars, more Martian rocks will fall to earth..I surmise that there are probably hundreds or 1000's in all...

doctor: I was looking at Mars using 4 inch reflector. I am very certain that I could make out a white patch on the top left of the image disk. Is that...

I'm going to arm myself with a sharp knife and a big stick tonight as I head out to my darksky spot on Mt. Pilchuck in the Snoqualmie-Mt. Baker...

I just went through this same decision myself a couple of weeks ago and I went with the FS102. From the opinions I gathered, "most" people seemed to like views...

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Space Weather Message Code: ALTK06 Serial Number: 113 Issue Time: 2003 Jul 29 0408 UTC ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threshold Reached: 2003 Jul 29 0406...

Space Weather Message Code: ALTK06 Serial Number: 113 Issue Time: 2003 Jul 29 0408 UTC ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threshold Reached: 2003 Jul 29 0406...

I have spent the last few mornings observing Mars. I live near a creek in a wooded area and there is lots of moisture in the air. After about 30 minutes, the...