On Wednesday, 22 June 2016 17:56:30 UTC+2, wrote: You obviously didn't understand my joke, critter. Snelly, Snelly, give me you...

For those who like to learn and teach. It is coming close to midsummer and midwinter for the respective hemipsheres as the North and South poles turn to and...

VW is planning to sell 20% of their vehicles as pure electrics by 2020. Here is one from their Porsche brand:...

By Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg News I never cease to be amazed how people with an agenda massage facts, or omit them, in order to support their cause. It comes...

http://ep.yimg.com/ay/skyimage/cassini-saturn-ring-shadows-9.jpg http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA14623.jpg The nature of the shadow will be...

I came out of the village pub and when I arrived home In saw the glow of the northern horizon so I walked on towards the open fields. At 10:45 pm it was still...

I heard about this from another...

On Thursday, October 14, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Gene Lewis wrote: I have a chance to purchase some astronomy products off of him, but haven't seen him...

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/mystery-object-breaks-saturns-weirdest-ring/68968/

I Also have the CM-1400 with the CI-700 mount, and have had issues with the clutches, flat spots on the gears, and INFURIATINGLY, the PINS!! whoever came up...

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/06/01/480335728/bad-day-an-astrophysicist-explains-why-it-just-doesnt-matter by Adam Frank "Does the size of space —...

Saw this article: http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/that-70s-myth-did-climate-science-really-call-for-a-coming-ice-age/ which provides some more facts...

What happens if you ask an astrophysicist whether the Earth is flat? If that astrophysicist is Neil deGrasse Tyson, he first gives you a brutal side-eye that...

I've had cloudy nights lately, but on the last few nights that I made it outside I heard some odd noises on rare occassions. My first thought was: "That...

Ok, so I'm a little excited. I just finished a great night under Montana's starry canopy. The night started with sketches of Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. The...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jAFiJ98ipA&index=27&list=PL5413E02D3D13B8B4 Any one owns this DOB? For $1K, Free SHP, looks like not a bad...

After 19 more days I will have had my 6-inch f/6.5 achromat for one full year. Last night - for the first time - I set up Excalibur (130mm f/6 apochromat) and...

I'm trying to use my GP-DX mount in Alt/Az mode, but when I set the SS2K in Alt-Az mode and press any axis button, both motors running, one may be slower than...

Last night's session commenced two hours before the onset of astronomical twilight. After nearly one hour I commenced my Pluto run with The (6-inch f/6.5)...

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/10/481545778/light-pollution-hides-milky-way-from-80-percent-of-north-americans-atlas-shows Excerpt: "The...