For those of you of a more daring nature, check out my article: "Sunspot Cycles and Activist Strategy" http://carolmoore.net/articles/sunspot-cycle.html I'm...

At one time science denied the existence of meteorites, one famous scientist said "A stone cannot fall from the sky because there ARE no stones in the sky"...

Hi, I was wondering if any of you have advice on eyepieces. I've only got a cheap Bushnell reflector, and being only an occasional astronomer, can't justify...

Hallo All, First of all, please excuse this rather long post. I have cross-posted to sci.astro.amateur. I am currently living in Massachusetts, USA and have...

My web has about 50 email every 5 minutes. all from addresses that don't have a proper address.Good email can't get through,because my web can't hold any...

I get a decent concentric pattern at outside focus, though a little over-corrected. But on inside focus, the image falls apart badly. This situation isn't...

On my daily walk with my daughter, my thoughts began to wander thinking about building another scope, but the following riddle, so to speak, came to mind. ...

Well, Finally got my 8" 750mm mirror mounted, and a scope built, more or less(optics are mounted, but it is without a skin). I temporally mounted it on a much...

Your first step should be to open your webster's dictionary and read the definition of astronomy and then the definition of astrology then decide on what...

Paris, 22 September 2003 European Space Agency Information Note N° 16-2003 SMART-1: the first spacecraft of the future A very efficient engine, plenty of...

"Vance Roos" wrote in message ... FROM THE ECONOMIST (see extract below). Is it really true or...

Well I got a 60mm tasco telescope as a gift from my sister after borrowing a friend's 60mm scope to see Mars. I'm new to astronomy (haven't learned to polar...

Saturn a failed star. Could we see a sameness in its rings as a stars solar system. What if our sun was a tri-system(three stars) and the Stars Saturn and...

Nature in creating matter creates anti-matter at the same instant. However man has a theory that nature had more left over matter after the BB than...

About 11am today I unloaded the truck and headed towards Palmdale and the Lowes down there. I ended up not only checking them out, but home depot too and even...

Why are some galaxies called M(some number) and NGC(some number)? What's the difference and what does each initial or letter represent? Thank you.

Does anybody have any info on how far the moon is moving away from the earth each year and how this figure would have changed over time. ------ D....

"Phyloe" wrote in alt.astronomy: The first ever proof of intelligent life, outside of here on earth, will be found in the...

It is known that gravity at the centers of all celestial objects is zero. Is the same true for black holes?

I was thinking that with all the X games and Extreme sports we need to start promoting the Extreme angle of the exciting amature astronomy. some ideas, as I'm...