This month I've held over the Skyhound feature article about observing the moons of Mars. I rewrote it recently based on my own successful experience and...

No, this isn't one of those "Look through a telescope and grow 6 inches" spams... but a question that a friend sent me in email. Their family was discussing...

It seems that from near London this month Mars with its moons is too low in a light polluted sky for practical visual observation of those moons with a NexStar...

I am after a replacement SYNCHRON motor for my sick C8 'scope. It is one of the Orange type, probably built in 1976. The motor is 220VAC, 50HZ and disigned...

Go to alt.binaries.astronomy to see some of the worst Mars photos I took on 400 speed film.

Has anyone tried the 10mm Knight Owl plossl which was rated higher in contrast than all others with a Tel Vue NP101 refractor in the article in the September...

Hi Gang, I'm looking for a widefield 1.25" eyepiece that gives me maximum actual fov. This would be used in my f8 8" newt, my f8 3" apo and my 6" f12 MakCas. ...

About four years ago, I observed the last of the Herschel 400 with my 7" Dob. After completing the project, I rewarded myself by ordering a 12.5" scope, and I...

A few weeks ago a couple of members of the Arrowhead Astronomical Society (AAS) here in Duluth, MN decided we should have a public viewing of Mars on August...

APO owners, Questar owners, GOTO and GOTO/GPS owners and DSC owners. In fact I am going to killfile all of them. Shawn makes this usergroup much...

The short answer is anisotrophy. Just this year, the WMAP probe mapped out small "clumpiness" in the 3-degree bkgd radiation (the energy from the bang), an...

I'm in Waterloo, New York, at approximately 42° 45' N; 76° 54' W. That's about half way between Syracuse and Rochester. At 12:31 a.m. this morning, almost due...

Hi, A quick question about collimation. I have an 200mm Newt, that was unfortunately knocked off the mount a couple of nights ago. As soon as picked it up I...

Alas I appear to have come down with a bad case of apeture fever (damn those (in an 8") undetectable 13th magnitude planetary nebulae) I currently have a 8"...

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...

INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT FOR RELEASE: September 4, 2003 PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC03-24 CELESTIAL COMPOSITION Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, the...

I know there are alot of people with Hardin DSHs in this group. I just got the DSH8 (and I have a bit of experience with the Orion Starblast-which I bought...

"Dave Nay" wrote in message ... Hey all! I am planning to build a new mount for my Orion...

Looking to buy one - any suggestions?

I often agree with Maher and find him funny, however disagree with him here, whenever there is excitement over something he does not like he belittles the...