Van Gogh's Starry Night depicts the Big Dipper and his Road with Cypress shows Mercury and Venus. Roger Sinnott of S&T discusses this in his Astro Computing...

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:54:33 +0100, "Roger Hamlett" ...reflected: "Alan W. Craft" wrote in...

Clouds, clouds, go away, Don't come back until next May. Li'l 'Hashi wants to play. Take thy rain, the tears you shed, Take the "skeeters" that you bred. Pack...

Stephen I think thats whats preventing many people from doing surgery on there tubes. Ive been looking for a differnt type of foam for to mount the fan on. Im...

" They usually manage to keep this little problem undisclosed in their advertising. It's kind of shocking that more than a decade after most companies...

In article , Alan W Craft wrote: Here is where I'd like to ask: Should the weight of the counter ...

Herm, Sorry for the delay. I've been too busy to check in here the last few days. The 100-inch is a very good mirror but the 60-inch that preceded it on the...

When did you get your Type V? I got mine a few months ago, and it has worked flawlessly with my 11" f/5.4 Starmaster. No vibration problem at all. -Astrosetz

Hi There, You might want to get a Moon Atlas so that you can easilly identify what you are looking at and also to help plan your observing sessions. The best...

I have a new condition (30) photo's Ill trade for a Shortwave radio (Comunication) of value at least 1400 $...........I have more in the camera. It has...

I have acquired two 2" diagonals for use with my bare TMB: a cheap Synta and a TeleVue Everbrite. So far, after about 8 hours of observation, I have been...

Hi, I'm trying to calculate the field of view in minutes of arc for my telescope(reflector)/eyepiece combinations. I have this formula (from the Sky Charts...

Has anyone constructed a pier from a floor of a 2nd story building? I'm looking for info on how you did and what results you achieved.

I also find that a laser (the LaserMax in this case) is quicker and more convenient, particularly at night. (And this is quite helpful, since I tend to do most...

Hi there, I had a Nexstar4 for 24 hours, and I found the alignment process inferior to that of Meade Autostar. My grief is that you couldn't do a 2 star...

"adam bootle" wrote in message ... how about scanning them and selling them on disk...

Hi, We have a new filter to enhance Mars. We call it 'MARS2003'(a bit of a gimmick?). This filter has high transmissions over the spectrum except for...

John Steinberg wrote in news:100720032224318009% : ...

My observing chair arrived as a gift a few months ago. The added flexibility of an adjustable seat height over the fixed height of the stool I had previously...

I was checking out Starry Night pro and backyard last night, but discovered that the current versions only run on os x. Where can I find an earlier version...