Hi, Am sure I am the last person in the world to find this, but I thought it was GREAT! http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/ Les.

Hi all, Here are a couple of sequences from the lunar occultation of Saturn that occurred on the 22nd May 2007. The reappearance sequence is a composite of a...

Hi all, About recent group discussion on open clusters I suggest to visit, for people eventually interested in photometric studies of this kind of objects,...

Try http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021405canoneos20da.asp for details of Canon's new astro/ IR camera eg 20Da where the IR block filter is removed for...

On Sep 3, 4:42 pm, "Timothy Golden BandTechnology.com" wrote: Well, as I listen to Mr.Rodrian's piano...

8 classical planets, three planets belonging to a new category called "plutons" and the largest asteroid Ceres. The IAU draft resolution is to recognises...

**Astronomers update our galaxy's structure Teams of astronomers studying the Milky Way using infrared and radio waves presented an updated view of our...

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Hi folks, I've not posted in this group before and I'd just like to know if the partial solar eclipse on 3rd Oct will be visible from Cyprus. That's where my...

!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en" html Hi, pI am planning on getting a new digital camera to use with my Helios 200mm scope....

Ok, this is a silly, silly question (probably) but: what stops globulars from collapsing? Is it rotational forces? If so, does that imply that all the stars in...

Still quite warm so I was able to observe in shorts and a sweatshirt last night. Had to get a coat at 2am because it did start getting chilly though. The...

Hi all, here's available a new shot of the M13 Lens: Pentax SDUF II 400/4 + Sbig ST-10XME Exposu 10x300 seconds - filter: luminance Regards Danilo...

Well, one of his great Venus Jupiter conjunction pictures. Just saw it a second ago. Congratulations Peter! Jo

Europa 250 pointed towards M51... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/DSO/M51-001.html This is an initial process, I know there's more detail to be had. My Europa...

Hi all, I'm interested in getting my first telescope and I found this package for sale. http://www.scopesnskies.com/prod/243.html It seems awfully cheap, is...

Ok, well, not the most scintillating topic for a post here, but given the recent paucity of anything approaching on-topic posts, I feel justified posting this....

Or our solar system is turning around another center in the milky way ?

So optical astronomers can have their celestial sphere and Ra/Dec system...

I thought it was around 1607, but in Channel 4's "Elizabeth" Leicester is shown looking through his telescope to identify one of Drake's sailing ships...