Dear friends, Attached were a set of mars images taken in this morning. I use harder processing for the shot taken at 20:36 and the other two with...

All we need is another over priced too small to see a damn thing refractor. If you are going to spend a lot of money on a scope it makes since to get one with...

I hope I post this to the correct group. I have access to a 12" Meade LX200 telescope that is located at a very good site. Also available is a Meade Pictor...

"Steve Woolet" wrote in message ... I have an SW 14mm that I...

Ken, I'd say for some reason it isn't coming into focus. I know this is probably blantantly obvious, but your post leaves a bit of ambiguity to it---you do...

On 26 Aug 2003 13:36:33 +0200, "daysleeper" wrote: Hi! Is there a simple way to determine the focal lenght of the...

Hi Larry, The Feathertouch Focuser by Starlight Instruments will definitely be THE way to go. If you cannot find contact info for them, write me off line, and...

Does anyone on the ng have experience in the construction of one of the AstroSystems truss-Dob Telekits? I'm in the process of putting together their 16-inch...

I had attempted to bag the minuscule Martian satellites named Fear and Panic, better known as Phobos and Deimos, several times before and during the BFSP last...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ANY MODERN ASTRONOMY program will work for this lesson. I recommend using the freeware Astrolog 5.41G with the freeware...

Is it just my ISP's news server? Many posts are disappearing 5 minutes after they are posted. I know my ISP's news server sucks anyway, so it may be that, but...

Berto Monard of South Africa became the first amateur to discover the afterglow to a GRB. This GRB was detected via MIT's HETE satellite and Berto searched the...

I'm a subscriber and have not received anything since April/May. I did hear on the radio some time ago that the editor/publisher (and, I suspect only staff...

Indianaradio wrote: Need eyepiece selection help! ! I need to buy a couple (2) eyepieces for a new scope I just ordered. It's an 8" 1200FL Dob. I'm...

Something to consider down the road. Some of the sharpest, most vivid deep-space astrophotography I've seen has been achieved via modest aperture...

Hi, Finally stopped raining down here. I didn't see the sky for 7 whole days and for a while there I started wondering if I was even going to be able to...

I've only owned my Nexstar 8i for about a month and a half, and have been getting great views of Mars. Saturn is now rising is the early dawn hours, and I...

Unfortunatley. Still muggy and clioudy, humid at the beach. How about the rest of you folks with DARK skies finally on the east coast. Hows the skies on this...

Hi Everyone, I am new to this group and am not following the basic protocol of monitoring a group to become with its normal operating issues. Please pardon...

How can anyone actually prove that Mars was close to the earth when no one actually saw it because of the weather? Also, how did NASA figure out how to make it...