In an old book - Easy Guide to the Constellations by Gall, published 1900, Gall and Inglis, London - is the statement, "It is in the direction of Hercules that...

Hi, i want to control my LX90 with an electric focuser via a pc serial port, what programs would anyone recommend ? thanks

www.NO2ID.net More than a card - a new way of life The ID Card scheme is not just a harmless new bit of plastic in your wallet. It requires a massive and...

Has anyone got any opinions on the celestron C90 spotting scope? my dad does some work for coas****ch kind of a charity coastguard station and they would like...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-49qGKvvV-M&feature=related http://www.rense.com/general79/wdx1.htm There is a few in here who image the shuttle and ISS in...

When prospective Undergrads are visiting the ULO as part of the interview for UCL's Astronomy degree, what's the best way of getting to Mill Hill?

I have created a web page to showcase the 19 supernovae I have imaged recently. http://www.martin-nicholson.info/supernova...novamaster2.htm

The Variable Stars AW, BE, BF and V380 ORI I am starting to write up some of the variable star projects I have been undertaking over the last three...

The Messier Ten Minute Challenge M33 - Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum M33 is a magnificent face-on spiral galaxy with a diameter of 50,000 light-years and a...

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...

I have inherited an ETX 90 with autostar from a relative who has upgraded. I'm having fun playing with it and I've read lots of stuff about using it on the...

Supernova 2008p - Imaged January 25th 2008 Discovered 2008/01/23.88 by Alessandro Dimai (CROSS). Found in NGC 2550A at R.A. = 08h28m39s.18, Decl. =...

Did you hear that Stephen Hawking just announced on YouTube that he's become a born-again Christian? I couldn't believe it, but here's the link to his...

On the scrounge...... I'm hoping to give some presentations to a recently formed astronomy society, and it would make the job easier if someoneelse has...

Supernova 2008m - Imaged January 20th 2008 Discovered 2008/01/15.12 by BRASS. Found in ESO 121-026 at R.A. = 06h21m41s.28, Decl. =...

Supernova 2008m - Imaged January 20th 2008 Discovered 2008/01/15.12 by BRASS. Found in ESO 121-026 at R.A. = 06h21m41s.28, Decl. =...

Supernova 2008j - Imaged January 20th 2008 Discovered 2008/01/15.19 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search. Found in MCG -02-7-33 at R.A. = 02h34m24s.20, Decl....

I picked up my TAL 1 yesterday and I have to say the engineering is pretty 'agricultural', in a good way. It certainly seems built to last! Of course it was...

Hi all, I have been asked to go abroad to do some lecturing so I cant make the Star Party in April now. As a result I have a pitch for the Kelling Heath...

Is that rhetorical as well as OT?