hello group I have aqn old SLR (olympus OM10) and I would like to use it with orion europa 150 (which I haven't bought yet but hopefully will do soon). a few...

Hi All There was an auroral display last night so I thought now would be a good time to request any observations any of you may have made or will make in the...

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:52:33 +0100, "John Carruthers" wrote: sekas.co.uk Does anyone know if there anything like this happening...

....It starts to get bothersome, doesn't it? Any suggestion for a brighter, smarter subject line very well welcome indeed. However... I've uploaded a batch...

I live at the top of a 3/4 story block of flats, part way down the north slope of a ridge, there are three similar blocks and a tree going up the ridge to my...

"Doc" wrote in message ... I see eyepieces referred to as being .96" or 1.25", is...

Hi, I haven't used my scope in quite some time but thought I would set it up to take a look at Mars. Am not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't as good as...

I visited the former RGO at Herstmonceux while on holiday last week and noticed a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix I think) attached to the Cassegrain focus of...

"Doug Ellison" wrote in message ... I borrowed a semi-pro MiniDV cam from work for...

"Brane Vasiljevic" wrote: Hi. My name is Brane and I am from Slovenia. Next week I will be in London and I want to bay ...

Hi, I have been offered a Celestron 114GT Nexstar for ~£160. Is this a good deal ? I realise that the 'scope itself may not be up to much, but the GOTO mount...

Hi , I was just wondering how good an Lx90 really is with regards to value and appeture for money, if I decided to buy a second hand LX90 would I be getting...

Reading and Newbury Astronomical Societies are teaming up for next weeks National Astronomy Week as follows. More details can be found...

You can blame the cloud tonight on me - got myself a new 5" short tube refractor on an EQ3 mount yesterday. For some reason the cloud missed a day but it's...

Hello All, ....keep increasing exponent 'till I figure out a better subject line. Sky's crappy (that is, as usual) but the other day (the 20th) I managed to...

There has been a discussion of the dangers of pinholes in Baader film. I suggested that we might be getting a bit neurotic and the following was posted by Jim...

Ever since I saw the 2001 'close encounter' image from Hubble, I have been eagerly awaiting this year's closest approach for thousands of years. The 2001...

Doc wrote: I've been experimenting with a Meade 5" reflector, and find that the Moon looks incredible, but when looking at Mars, with anything of greater...

Keith wrote in article ... I had a call today from a friend who'd just been bought a...

Daniel Fischer's "Cosmic Mirror" site hasn't been updated in nearly three weeks. Usually it gets updated every few days. Anyone know why this might be? ...