Good day, I am writing a short short SF story. The main character is on the surface of Phobos, he is wearing a skin suit (hitek nano suit), he is travelling...

Hi, I recently picked up a pair of Nikon Action EX waterproofs 12x50 binoculars which weigh in at one kilogram!! Suffice it to say I would like some kind of...

Bear with me; I do not understand astronomical mapping terms. .. Yesterday, 7th Oct 08. Wolverhampton/Dudley border 21:05 approx, facing east. A very bright,...

I have long toyed with the idea of building a big, but good, telescope for general planet watching. I guess the Dob is the easiest to build, though I...

A chunk of ice from a comet hit Tugunska 1908.

Is there another satellite which would appear approximately as bright as the ISS? (Surely not.) I looked for the ISS tonight based on the heavens above web...

I'd appreciate a bit of advise on Barlows. I've got a WO Megrez 90 APO, which can accept either a 2" or 1.25" Barlow; what would be best ? I only have one...

Hi Group, I have recently obtained one of these mounts. I find that I can input the longitude and latitude information OK, but when I input the time, the...

Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail,...

Has anyone had success in attaching a low weight, low light compact digital camera to a telescope eyepiece for imaging the night sky? I already have a good...

Hi Has anyone done the above? When I attach my Canon to the ETX 125 how do I set the exposure, focus and apeture settings etc ? Steve

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Firstly apologies if this has been covered before. I have an interest in astronomy. More than a passing phase and greater than my pair of binoculars I...

I can't help but think that this is a trick question on a quiz. If you see the moon rise at 9 in the evening then it should be a waxing gibbous (heading...

Could this have an impact on astronomy, or space travel? Perhaps. Read the article to the end to understand more. The whole thing is supposed to be on the...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/03/20/sciburst120.xml -- Continuum - Meet people from all over the world......

Still got some work to do on this image but here is a capture of Saturn from last night showing the shadow of Tethys moving towards the limb (bottom-left of...

Hi all, Here are some lunar images from the first half of April... Large format lunar mosaic of a 2.6 day old Moon - presented...

Hi guys, Is anyone else using Demon having problems receiving posts from this newsgroup? It has been about four weeks since I last received any threads via...

Good to see this http://www.bbccountryfilemagazine.com/feature/discover/stargazing-Exmoor Shame they've forgotten other places like Keilder !