Doc wrote: I'm waiting on delivery of a Tasco Galaxsee 4.5" reflector, but am advised it only has one eyepiece with it, a 4mm. While waiting, I'd like to...

For a while now, I've been observing from my north facing (6ft fenced) back garden which looks onto a road with other back gardens on other side and bungalows...

regarding the human eye, how high is the highest satellite we can see? Just wondering as the other night, i saw loads, and i founf i tend to see iridium and...

Sorry for yet another message I saw an advert for a Meade ETX 70AT (http://www.meade.com/catalog/etx/etx70at.html) for £175 second hand on UKAstroAds - do you...

Hi all Been reading posts in the group for a couple of weeks now and today after listening to various posts ive been out today and bought a 5" reflector...

Hi I am interested in Astronomy, and would like to purchace a telescope - at the moment I only have a 'toy' one, which doesn't provide very good viewing. Do...

Hi all If you want to see something interesting during daylight in your scopes, point them towards St Ives in Cornwall tommorow (02 sept) 6am till 6pm 2...

Morgoth wrote: The clouds *mostly* co-operated. Best, Dave Except for Wednesday, when the site looked like that Python "End of the World" sketch....

Hi I was viewing Mars on Saturday night - very impressive it was too - and I tried to find Uranus as it's in the same 'neck of the woods'. Armed with my star...

Hi, I had such good views of Mars the other night near Cambridge through my LX 90 that I thought I would try and hold my Nikon 4500 over the lens and take some...

Hi. I wanna try to take some photos of Mars this w/e using a 12in refractor (which has a drive) with my Nikon F65. Firstly, what kind of mount do i need to...

I was also looking a purchasing that scope (second hand), I've read a lot of reviews on the internet, and most say its good as a first time scope. Some on here...

On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:45:04 +0100, Robert Summerfield wrote: I now have a Helios 130mm Newtonian 1000mm focal length scope...

gents / ladies. hi, my kids have decided to get interested in astronomy and i am looking for a nice easy to use piece of software. someone gave me a copy of...

Hi All, If I was to upgrade from the Meade 4504, 114mm scope what would be recommendable? I am relatively new to astronomy, so please be patient with me. I see...

Ha First viewing of saturn this year thanks to an ill baby son. Cheers Tommy...... And also this year i observed through a decent bit of glass, it looked...

Hi, I am thinking about building an 8.75" Dobsonian scope, mainly for deep space fuzzies. What should I expect in performance and what is the best Focal length...

Hi, Seen some people here quite fond of there Olympus C2100UZ. But I think it is dicontinued, right? Now I could buy one of these second hand, but the...

Sorry its a little off-topic for this NG but according to today's Daily Mirror the QinetiQ1 ballon when/if it reaches 132,000ft - it should be visible from...

Ok Now I have a serious question. Not really having a suitable 35mm camera for Astrophotography (no kin bulb mode on it), I am thinking of taking some...