I have recently got rid of my GOTO scope and purchased a secondhand Beaconhill 10 inch on a mark 2 mount. The mount is ugly but very stable. Both RA and DEC...

I reckon Venus will be visible in eclipse specs. Am I wrong? ----------------------------- Martin Frey http://www.hadastro.org.uk N 51 01 52.2 E 0 47...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3257920019 About time Ebay did something about these...

On the way down to the chippy with the wife(at least I know of someone else who saw it!!) in Helston at about 18:10, saw a very flat trajectory fireball, very...

Hi All, I've just purchased a Fuji S602 digital camera, has anyone taken done any astrophotography with one of these. Search the web brings back very...

If you had 10 grand to spend on a community/educational astronomical facility (try sying that withyour mouth full) what would you spend it on? Skies are...

Dont know if you can advise: my daughter (in her twenties) has developed an interest in looking at the stars and would like a telescope for Christmas. There...

Anyone here actually using it for imaging? Any comments on it's applicablity to astro imaging? I've only just started digging but a couple of things worry...

I have a tiny amount of blue-coloured dessicant crystals that I use to dry telescope optics after cleaning. Does anyone know of a source of these crystals? ...

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:05:47 -0000, "James" co.uk wrote: "Nomen Nescio" wrote in...

Sorry guys, but I'm sure everyone goes through this before getting their first 'real' telescope :-) I've posted here before, and had some good advice from...

Lookin' good! http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMN3GUZJND_1.html

Dr Robert Matthews, in the Sunday Telegraph, 2003-11-22, p.35, reports an assertion given by Prof Carl Murray (U of London) regarding the Moon that implies...

I setup in the garden last night thinking it was going to be clear, the sky looked good at 6:00pm (apart from the bright moon) and the forcast was reasonable....

I have a Meade LX200 12" mounted on a giant field tripod. This thing is a beast! Any good ideas for moving this monster around. I currently have it stored in...

I've posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/grism2.htm an update of the transmission characteristics of many deepsky, Swan, OIII and H-beta filters to...

Type the phrase "miserable failure" into Google and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button. Best, Stephen Remove footfrommouth to reply --

Looking at current satellite pictures, I fear that cloud is not going to clear for some hours yet (Saturday evening). The cloud/clear front is still over the...

I figure one of you guys would know this ... apologies for the not very on topic'ness How do i work out how far a something has travelled if all i know is it...

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