Tom, in your n.g. you wrote: "The other "Tim" was warned numerous times, but he just became a conduit for Valery, who is the only person that we ever had to...

Suppose that you currently own a nice apo, a good SCT, a top flight Newtonian, etc. If you had to choose the "least" telescope you'd be willing to put up...

I ordered a scope a few weeks ago, and knowing the problems some of the parcel services have delivering on time and in good shape, I decided to take the day...

I have been dilligently searching with my 8-inch Skywatcher Newt for pairs of stars in the northern skies in last couple of years, that have not previously...

If I read articles like this for a few hours a night, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri I'm an amateur astonomer, otherwise I'd need to spend alot...

Here are the results of a "poll" that I initiated in the middle of a thread with the dopey title "What's so Great about Tele Vue Eyepieces?" I was hoping to...

Hi Gang! Can someone please update me as to what we know about these? Specifically, I'm most curious about which focal lengths are going to be produced. I'm...

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Telling someone you're into astronomy is akin to proclaiming you've gone insane. They look at you strangely as if you belong to a cult or the libertarian...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted during an interview with Salon published Wednesday that climate change will have to "get very bad" before Congress...

Browsing around several of the astro related groups, there's always one thing I notice- lack of female responses. Therefore, are females present in this...

Religion is the creation of man to placate his fear of the unknown. An all-powerful God and ever-lasting heaven exists only the imaginations of those without...

This is something I've noticed with all SCTs. Don't get me wrong, some SCTs deliver excellent images, provide terrific platforms for planetary photography,...

check out the latest images from the microscopic imager on opportunity.......amazing http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_m014.html

http://www.nature.com/news/daring-antarctic-rescue-mission-sets-off-for-south-pole-1.20135 When the rescue was made there was almost daylight conditions at...

We know that Bush's plans are not based on any scientific benefit. Nor does he really intend for us to go to the moon anyway - it's just a political ploy to...

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I'm new to astronomy and i'm very interested in it but i don't have a telescope. I do look at the sky and try to find most of the constalaions but that's it. I...

I'm trying to squeeze as much widefield out of a Celestron C5-S and C8-S while maximizing magnification. For both I'm using a F6.3 reducer. The C5 is f/10,...

Infinite Universe Theory By Vikram Arora. The Universe never ceases to fascinate me. I still see it with a child like wonder and a wide...