The postman should be bringing me an 8" newtonian telescope and an 'IBM PC Camera Pro' web cam this week. I have also ordered a web cam connector for my...

What do people think to this, is it a good deal. My current EQ2 seems a bit flimsy at times. -- Damian Burrin UKRA 1159 Level 2 RSO EARS ...

You're invited to review my Ph.D. research at the University of Texas at Austin, "A New Dynamic Model of the Solar System,"...

A few shots from this morning's...

My dawn pic posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/conjunct.htm Mercury just rising so not recorded but should be better chance over the next...

How many folks here have an observatory (of sorts)? A static pier? Could you live without one? How great are they? I'll soon be both moving house and buying a...

Does anyone have the above scope? I am looking at purchasing one tomorrow. What can I see with this scope? Is it a reflector or refractor? Whets the...

I am now at the stage where I want to weather proof my observatory roof. Its an octagon pyramid and I need to keep it as light as possible. Its made of 6mm...

Still needs a bit of work but after 3 hours of sleep last night - I'm past caring ;-) http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/temp/eclipse-mosaic_1024.jpg 6ish Canon...

this is just out of curiuosity, anyone tried making one? Simon

through a celestron 114gt in reasonably dark surroundings M41 was just a white misty fuzzy blur is that right?, I am planning a CCD imaging setup for deep...

Many popular telescope software programs feature two main methods of telescope alignment. One star alignment for mounts which are perfectly equatorially...

Observing Report 7th July 2004 Equipment: Orion Optics Europa 250 ('Mini-Hubble') Objects: Murphy's Variable Nebula in the direction of M57 Murphy's Variable...

Glorious weather while shopping in Tunbridge Wells. Dashed back home in the late afternoon only to have clouds roll in. Cleared around 7pm so tried out my 1nm...

Hi All I have an Meade 6" Reflector i want to get it out the way so if any one wants it Email me. You must collect it It is in need of a clean up but apart...

cosmolgy and theoretical physics are my interest - by sheer accident - and boredem, i found a realplayer movie on the hubble site about the "hubble constant" -...

Hi, Has anyone got a 30mm finder scope going spare and they'd like to sell? Something like a 6 x 30 to fit my 80mm refractor. I've got the...

I intend to degrease the cogs and worm drives on my eq3 mount to clean them up a bit and would welcome any suggestions as to a suitable...

Had a cash windfall recently, thought I might splash out on a new set of bins. Spotted the Celestron 15x70 at D Hinds for only 80 quid. Any good ? Lots of...

Hi. I have been a keen on astromony for a long time without getting majorly into it before. Please dont laugh but I have mainly used a 10X50 Binoculars in...