Hello, I was wondering if this site (http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/) is still "working properly"? I've been reading in the news about the biggest...

Has anybody got this book, what do they think of it? - Amazon reviews seem favourable. Is it suitable book for a UK based beginer? - the reason I ask is...

Hi chaps, Anyone know/recommend a replacement tripod or legs for use with a CG5? Prefereably UK based. Best, -- Andrew Gillen

Hi all, this is a new image of area adjacent to Barnard's Loop particularly interesting. Rich of peculiar objects (Herbig-Haro) and reflection nebulae other...

Hi, I'm just visiting to ask for some advice - I hope that's okay. My brother would like to buy his girlfriend some binoculars for around £50 to look at the...

Oriel36 wrote: I like the part where you define the rotation of the Earth through 360 degrees to face the Sun You are lying....

Some texts (notably one or two books I vaguely recall of Patrick Moore's) often show projections of *brightest* and *closest* stars in the several thousand...

Sorry, I was told that in my original posting I sounded like a Star Trek crank by asking about "Stellar" cartography. The correct term is apparently "Astro"...

The density of the Earth is 5.52 The Mars has 3.95 and The Moon 3.34 Is the density the diameter dependent? S*

We have been having a discussion about the first use of the phrase "The Right Stuff" as in relation to test pilots, astronauts etc. A web search throws up lots...

Hi, Walsall, UK 29-09-11 23:30 I had been observing Jupiter with my son. It was clear, though there must have been a very thin haze of cloud because the...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:26:14 GMT, in uk.sci.astronomy , "vvega" wrote: Hi, What is the process which caused the Moon's 2...

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:10:23 +0100, "Peter Johnson" wrote: Further to my quest for dark skies, I have now acquired a car, and when I...

Hello out there! I'm planing to buy a used LX200 telescope made by Meade but I'd like to ask how to check it lens and all electronics and mechanical stuff...

I'm getting on ok with my SN6-EC ! Although the OTA had to be exchanged due to some marks on the corrector plate, the mount is stable and smooth in...

Perhaps all we need in addition to the spendy and performance limited CoRoT is TRACEe3 (1000 fold better resolution) at less than a third the cost, or perhaps...

The following was forwarded to me by my son-in-law and as a dad and grandfather I cannot help myself I am forwarding this every way I can...please take a...

Any recommendations for or against the Revelation 8" Dobsonian (£229) compared to the Skywatcher Skyliner 8" (£379!)? What does one get for the extra £150? Or...

Another clear evening last night but with the moon a little high. Took this with the Canon 350D and 80mm Skywatcher refractor mounted on a celestron goto...