Does anyone in Cambridge have an LX90 or similar? If so, can I borrow your allen key for collimation? I can't find mine, and all I want to do is replace the...

Hi all, For my stellar physics course I'm doing a project on high mass stars where I will make a detailed study of stars of around 20Mo, taking Deneb...

Hi, I got some great advice here a month or two ago about imaging the moon. I'm using an 8" LX90 with an LPI. Here are my latest attempts. There is a marked...

Just flicking through my Freeview with the hope of finding something vaguely interesting and alighted on the World Service's programme One Planet, currently...

Two crashing galaxies may have shot out a "supermassive" black hole that's soaring through space, some astronomers...

Dear all, sorry for the O.T. but I think it could be of interest to some of you. Since I am on the verge to transfer to far east for several months...

ive just finnished a great book on the Harrison saga. he was a remakable man and he was in an interesting conflict with astronomers, harrison wanted to solve...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taylor_chris/Astropix/Mars051109.jpg A 3x barlow with the LPI and LX90 was impracticle given the seeing conditions which became...

Gentle uk.sci.astronomy reader, First, my apology for cross-posting to this NG. Be assured that this is a one-off. It will never happen again. My sole...

Hi all, I've just got home from my parents house and while I was there (around 17:00) I showed them what I thought was Venus very bright in the S or SW sky....

Daily Telegraph, Mon 2005-11-07 p.20 : Adrian Berry appears to believe that the Iridium 11 satellite is permanently and brightly visible, stationary near Beta...

Hello Wondered if any of you kind fellows could advise me. For many years I used a pair of Celestron Ultima 7x50 binoculars which I found excellent until...

Don't forget to look out for this programme on Sunday night (23:50 - 20 minute edition on BBC1) and Monday evening (20:30 - 30 minute edition on BBC4). Apart...

Sorry ! should have kept it all on one post. 50mm F8 mirror lens - T...

Olymus OM1 plus loads of accessories for sale http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7560168109&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Please...

Hi, Does anyone know of any Astronomy software for mobile phones? I've just taken delivery of a Sony-Ericsson K750i which supports a whole host of J2ME (java)...

Managed to get a few decent clear hours in last night and took this under a moonlit...

Apparently a 9 year-old scarred his retinas staring at Oct 3 partial solar eclipse without protection after a classmate pointed it out. Although the school...

Dear All, I have a Meade LX200GPS 10" and the corrector plate appears to be quite dirty after the last few months of observing. Looking at it from an...

The same technology found in Bluetooth headset or wireless LAN could be used to build a cheap, powerful transmitter for communicating with deep space probes....