All, If you have been following my adventures (or misadventures), you know that I have been trying to spec out a new telescope. Thanks to a great many...

I'm not even an amateur astronomer, I'm just someone who loves to look at the night-time sky! I live in Oregon (USA) and right now we have a thin crescent...

Hey, planning on getting the Meade LX200 12” GPS scope and would like to do some CCD photography. Anyone know what CCD cameras will work with this scope? Also...

If our whole universe was a pin point of light seen from a great distance would it be red or blue? I would like to think it was blue for it goes with my...

I have a lot of great pictures of Mars surface,and they were all taken about 30 years ago. So far I find the picture taken by the rovers not to good. Maybe...

For 2 days, it was a complete silent. Then ESA showed spectacular images taken from their Mars Express orbitting satellite. And now... suddenly Mars Rover is...

Why does the sun expand out as far as Jupiter before it contracts all the way back to becoming a White Dwarf? Our sun would end up as a neutron star if it had...

Dan DeConinck posted: Why is the mars rover's lifespan 90 days ? Communication sats last years, even 10+. Pioneer is 20 years old. Doesn't it have...

Today when i was looking at orion i took some pictures. On one of the pictures i saw something strange.. But it is only visible when i change the curves of the...

I just saw this and thought it was interesting. You get FREE satellite systems for up to 5 rooms, FREE professional installation and FREE dvd player as a...

Hi, If Astronomy topics were seperated into topical group subheadings in messages to make it easy to go straight to our favorite interests, what would the...

We are leaving shortly to extend our knowledge of systems in the Perseus Arm. Darla's studies of you as individuals will resume upon our return. Hope you...

The Venus Transit Tour to Iran is still open, and for those in Europe there is now an agency in the UK handling the tour. Iran is a country of unparalleled...

nightbat wrote For those interested in controlling a rover like the one used on Mars then here is a site for you. You may need a plug in but it's free so just...

What with us shooting a bunch of stuff at Mars lately, I became curious about where the planets are in relation to each other and the sun. As far as I can...

Does anyone know what the glow in the vicinity of the Southern Cross is? I live in Orange NSW Australia which is on the 33rd degree south of the equator, not...

Hey, is it just me, or is there like a crazy looking face in this image from the Mars rover? http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA05116.jpg It's the...

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Hi all, In my astro-weblog you will find an article about January’s binocular object, Collinder 70, a large open cluster around the belt of Orion. Follow this...

I'm thinking about one of these kits. Are they worth it or should I save up and buy individual eyepieces and filters? it looks like a real money savings......