dudalb says... I hate Al Queda as much as anybody, but there is NO evidence that they have nukes. That might change in a couple of...

Hi All, High cirrus clouds moved in this afternoon, but I did have a chance to grab a few images in between diagnostics (working on a fix for Newton's...

A rash of recent news reports about the detection of a possible signal from alien life forms is "highly exagerrated," said the scientist who was originally...

Here's one for the books. A week or two ago, I was listening to the radio one morning. . .NPR, I believe. Much to my amazement, there was a woman reporting...

This message seems to be dated 5 September 2004. It's only 4 September 2004. As further evidence that the universe is fundamentally supernatural, I would...

I found M31 for the first time last night, I think. Using Starry Night, I'd say my view looked more like M110, but I can't imagine that I could mistake M31 for...

Maybe a link...Sept 3, 3 years after '01 and a multiple of 9. (aka 9/11). Things happen in 3's as mom did say.

In these ads, it is stated that the new name of a previously only numerically designated star will be kept in copyrighted book form in the U.S. Patent Office. ...

All, I want to mount my 5" refractor on my G11, and then mount a guide scope on top of the refractor. I currently use the side-saddle system, and I don't like...

I read an article about the slooh project where you can "buy" mission time to explore the universe... A great idea but doesn't you lose the idea of observing?...

It's been awhile since I've done it, but whats the minimum scope/aperture/magnification you've used to split it? If I were to rate three pairs that increase in...

Asteroid fragments on a fast collision course Over a million large asteroids, each several kilometres wide, are orbiting the Sun in a belt between Mars and...

Because I am an amateur astronomer, folks at work come to me with questions about things that go bump in the night. For the last couple of days, two people...

Rich Willis of the RASC in Victoria, Canada, sent me the following star party announcement. I am posting it for your information. I hope some of you may be in...

Dumb question perhaps, but when you do eyepiece projection photography, can you focus by viewing at the eyepiece then mount the rest of the hardware to take...

Hi All: After several weeks of work, I have finished extensively revising and expanding the Viewing Vandenberg AFB Launches page on my web site. The updated...

I live in Utah and I am considering driving to Wendover to try to see the Genesis recovery on the morning of Sept. 8. I may try to take some photographs using...

It's really unbelievable that there are some 48,000 posts in SAA most of which are pure garbage. Why can't any house cleaning be done? Luckily I can choose...

Hurricane Frances will stall and weaken to a cat 2 or 1 by land fall. Any bets?

http://www.usaeclipse.com Gareth Slee