I just got spammed by some guy who claims he owns the moon and planets and is selling 1 acre plots for $30. I find his justification curious. He claims since...

I am thinking of buying a pair of these secondhand. Would anybody care to share their experience with these bins? In particular I am concerned about the...

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...

I have a meade DS-2070 achromatic refracting telescope with an aperture of 700mm and 2 lenses, 9mm & 25mm respectively. I know this is not the strongest...

Does anyone here have links to photographs of the NOSS trio of satellites? In the sky, that is... :)

I was on Amazon.com and I see like dozens of scopes for sale. Is there a decent starter telescope in the $100 range?? I got 3 kids, don't want to spend too...

Hi, I have a brand new Nexstar 4 that has a strange problem. After I have aligned the telescope I choose an object to view and slew over to it. Lets say Mars....

A friend of Chris Vancil wrote: In the Nine Planets Site they mention that a person on Mercury would see this odd behavior: "At some longitudes the...

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0320.html Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Release No.: 03-20 For Immediate Release: August 22, 2003 Catch...

I have a 8 inch dob from Hardin Optical, I am trying to remove the primary mirror to center mark it. I have removed the 6 screws around the tube but the mirror...

Hi all, Today I added a "star-hop" through Andromeda to my site. It will take you along NGC 404, NGC 752 (and "The Golf Putter"), NGC 891, NGC 7662 (Blue...

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:29:39 -0600, Kirby Benson wrote: I have been working with the Alpha Centaure Software program. The...

We had a mini star party last night with a few different scopes. The winner hands down for everything were the Off Axis Newtonian's. You get...

On 23 Aug 2003 07:58:19 -0700, (Brian) wrote: Looking for an all-purpose telescope, one that does well at high-magnification planetary...

Hi All This is my first time writing this group and was wondering if I could get the answer before I try to make one. Can a telescope be made with a 6" concave...

This was sent to me, and has been verified by several individuals. No wonder the idiots are committing suicide this week.:-\ Observing Mars- True Story Hi...

The "arrow keys" have four different speed settings, the slowest two settings move so slow you might think they are not working. Read the manual about how to...

How about a 6 inch f12 or f15 D&G with a Chromacor? How should that perform? Using the Chromacor, would the f15 have any advantage over the f12? I'm having...

Is anyone doing high speed photometry with amateur sized telescopes?????

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