I am considering ordering a telescope from Orion Optics, however I have heard that the waiting time can be as long as three months from ordering. I wonder...

OK, I thought I was Internet-literate and could google with the best of 'em, but after half an hour of dead-endism, I've given up. Please help! For an article...

"foreverArsenal" wrote in message ... Interesting scope. ...

Any votes for a uksa astronomer of the year? There's been some astonishing stuff unveiled here this year: Remember Andrea Tasellis Mars pictures? Robin...

I've posted a shot of planets Mercury and Venus in this evening's dusk sky at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/conjunct.htm Enjoy Maurice Gavin@WPO-UK

I have just looked up the prices of a meade lx200gps 14" from the US, and i could not believe the difference in prices compared to what we pay over here. One...

what are the important specifications to look for when buying a video capture card? and also are there any known good ones for use in...

Are we going to be able to view the pictures, like we do with Hubble?

Hi all, Received my shiny new LX90 yesterday (My first ever scope! Exciting!). Set it up in the dining room, blimey it's huge. The only "fault" I noticed with...

I'm thinking about buying a meade lxd55 from telescope house as a christmas present to myself. I currently have a tasco telescope which isn't very good and now...

I am about to start taking some pics with a web cam. However the computer is too far away from the scope for the cam to reach. Are there any web cams or types...

Any tips for improving visual observation of planetary colour? I'm using a 222mm reflector which I have finally adjusted to give some crisp images of Mars,...

Comet Linear 2002 T7 in Tri is a nice object tonight with short eastward pointing tail. Spectrum taken previous evening shows essentially reflected sunlight...

Hi, are there any good webpages that describe the collimation process for a helios refractor? Ive got the eye peice but dont know how to use it properly many...

Hi all. Just wondering if this is genuine. has invited you to join the All_Astronomers_Are_Welcome group! (This invitation will...

I have a Beaconhill Mark2 eq mount set up in my back garden. It is on a pier in about a ton of concrete. This was really the only option as the eq head weighs...

I was listening to the news on R4 last night when an item about Beagle 2 came up. During an interview with Ms Couper, she claimed that life *had* been detected...

I have devised this convenient Logarithmic light year scale i.e. distances as Log10 (light years) with some examples:- 10 - Size of Universe 9 - The closest...

Considering that tomorrow is the big day, and one of my customers is responsible for the separation module, I thought you might be interested in a video...

Since 1613, when John Rolfe introduced a successful experiment in tobacco cultivation in Virginia (Morison, 1965 : 52) the leaf has assumed major social,...