TO THE UK.SCI.ASTRONOMY NEWSGROUP I have an enquiry which people in this Astronomy Newsgroup may wish to ponder upon if they so wish: 1 The Andromeda...

All day BBC News 24 presenters have been announcing the "American plan to send astronauts even further into orbit". Do these 80K/year media graduates know...

I live in Manchester, England and am sure that on 17th February in the early 1990s I observed a partial lunar eclipse. However, I cannot find any record of...

Back in October, Maurice Gavin wrote in uk.sci.astronomy: unusual cloud formations ie completely circular holes in high cloud ....and later copied a...

I've recently purchased a Skywatcher Explorer 200 with a EQ5 mount, I know it is possible to add dual axis drives for this mount but I was wondering if there...

Thinking of fitting a CCD camera onto my pronto scope any info much appeciated.Thanks.T.R.

I've been looking at the photos of Mars sent by Spirit. They are seriously cool. They remind me a lot of the deserts in Arizona although there are no...

I guess I am going to get flamed for even mentioning this, but what the hell.... ....why are we so convinced the Americans EVER went to the moon at all? ...

This is probably a very stupid question, but since Mars' atmosphere is predominantly Carbon Dioxide, would it be possible to put plants on the planet with a...

Hi.... I live in Auckland, New Zealand, about 38 degrees south of the equator. I know we had a summer solstice, back on December 22 or thereabouts (depending...

I'm beginning to get the hang of my new and fairly basic 60mm refractor (a Christmas present) and now realise that I'm probably best using just the 20 and 12mm...

At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of...

I was browsing through an astronomy catalogue and saw this. Thought it might amuse some of you Quote from 'Launch yourself into SPACE with The Natural...

It's been my first proper telescope, previously used some very cheap refractors and was not very impressed with their performance. I decided to buy the...

Did any body venture out last night, I did and what a great evening it was too despite the cloud and dew. I was using my 12" Newt and I was viewing Saturn...

So when do Minnie and Jones finally admit they were utterly stupid and ignorant ...........

I am after any good links for information in using a Black and White camera and filters to make colour images please. Steve -- "The UK SpeedTrap Guide" @...

There is a brandnew astronomy magazine for beginning stargazers. The name of this bimonthly magazine is Night Sky. Follow this link if you are...

I wondered if anyone could help with this- What I'd like to be able to do is get a view from my observing position of the night sky, as you would get in any...

I would like to start a discussion on the theoretical implications of the 100 year old proof - accepted by all astrophysicists - that shows the equations of...