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I find understanding the motion of the moon very difficult; just recently it went from a waxing moon high in the sky, and appearing to plunge almost...

Saw this in a freeware group and thought I would repost here. Anybody tried it? http://www.stellarium.org

these are being sold by the crate load on ebay, they seem a bit cheap, are they any good? thanks in advance for any advice or opinions

Anybody here compare the following? Zeiss .965 orthos AP Super Planetary Pentax Orthos I'm looking for a 4 and 5mm and wondering what to go for to upgrade...

Hi all, For anyone in the York region you may like to come along to our meeting on Friday night, 8pm. "Nova hunting for beginners" - by Mr Guy Hurst from the...

Hi all, I've added a celestial encounters chart for 73P to the front page of my website. Click on the chart for a bigger version and my latest pics (if it's...

Tonight whilst outside with my Skywatcher 1145 trying to look at the moon, jupiter and saturn through cloud I finally caught a glimpse of the latter but...

I know the first batch had some bad reviews. What was the final verdict on that batch? I've seen some people advertising wanting "second" batch TMBs. Is there...

If you want to see celestial mechanics in action in front of your own eyes, observe this speeding comet soon. It will help if there are field stars nearby...

Tonight whilst outside with my Skywatcher 1145 trying to look at the moon, jupiter and saturn through cloud I finally caught a glimpse of the latter but...

Keplers' 10th argument for heliocentricity was based on the periodic times between Venus and Mars however Newton appropriated the argument and directed it...

Neither Copernicus,Kepler * nor any of the early heliocentrists would ever consider charging Ptolemy with fraud,they simply reworked the physical...

There is nothing nicer that to bring up the abnormal physical considerations of indoctrinated individuals So Tonkin,you are front and center as representative...

Hi all, During the last few years I “re-discovered” a group of objects that is not as badly affected by light- and air pollution as other deepsky objects:...

I am tempted by the new lower price (£2099), is anyone autoguiding an LX90, do any of the available softwares (eg Guidedog, astropro) work them them or do you...

Hi everyone, A friend of mine had a party when he opened and finished his new observatory. Playing in the background was music that all the tracks had some...

Spot group AR 10875 has been undergoing some amazing changes today, culminating in flare...

according to one of the nasal email shots ive subscribed to there's a broken up comet that will pass within 5 million miles of us. I think in July is when its...