Hi: When the sun becomes a white dwarf, approximately how long will it take for it to cool off to a cold black dwarf that does not emit anymore heat or light ...

Europa 250 pointed towards M51... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/DSO/M51-001.html This is an initial process, I know there's more detail to be had. My Europa...

Can someone kindly give me links to secondhand astro gear located in the UK.. Many thanks ... Tony

Today the local council replaced the bust light that is a few metres away from my observatory. Damn....... For a couple of weeks now it has been...

Is it just me or does anyone else find it a bit sad that we have to fire what amounts to a missile at Tempel 1?. No doubt scientists and the like can justify...

Hi, rather than setting up a telescope I was wondering what web sites might offer me a 'live feed' of an object that I wish to look at, in real-time as it...

No wonder there is a rennaissance of anti-Darwin / Intelligent Design with this sort of stuff coming from a scientist. Belief in a big-G of the god/allah...

Sun's Hot Surface: Influence of Jupiter on our Sun By: Jon Riley B.A., Toronto, Canada, Abstract It is possible in theory that if the...

Dear Friends, One of the most distant globular clusters in our galaxy is NGC 2419 (aka Intergalactic Wonderer and Intergalactic Tramp). There was some...

Sigh.... I got my new scope on Friday and now we have had two DREADFUL nights for stargazing up here in county Durham. I am praying for clear skies tomorrow...

We are always going to observe stuff that we cannot immediately explain...stuff that is unidentified. At that point I part company with the nutters who then go...

what would be your choice, and why. Anything else that stands out at...

This looks interesting. Haven't tried yet. Downloading software now... "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released Maestro, a public version of the primary...

I've just borrowed a friend's 60mm Tasco scope and am now quite keen on buying my own telescope. I've just had to give up scuba diving due to ear problems,...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am disgusted with the BBC. Tonight's Sky at Night program is at 2.10am Monday morning. Thank goodness for...

Im currently decorating my bedroom, and came to the idea of wallpapering my entire room with a night sky, ie when the paper is on the wall itll give...

Metcheck are currently forecasting 63% cloud cover for June 8th for West Sussex :( http://www.metcheck.com/index.asp Thankfully, NCD is still a long way...

Being retired I watch TV all day and observe the stars all night. Anyway, this morning the "Wright Stuff" did a piece on astrology. I missed a few details but...

Looked out the bedroom window this morning about 02:55 and saw what appeared to be a very brigh "Mars" Checked star chart and this was impossible as it rises...

JB has just finished its sweep and nothing, no UHF carrier wave. It was a brave effort but given the number of possible single point failures along the line...