Anyone in the Hull/Beverley area willing to show a beginner the ropes?

My wife went back east to visit her parents, so this week was busy, taking care of her business as well as my own. So Sunday night I was tired. It had been a...

Just saw your winning image of mars on sky at night, excellent image Bill

Hi, Back in the early 70s I spent some time in London, and at Westminster Abbey I stumbled upon what I thought were the burials of both William and John...

Following on from Mike Dworetsky's Happy Perihelion greetings. . . I don't know why, but I'd always assumed that Perihelion was on 1st Jan (or thereabouts)....

Did anyone else spot Jeff Howells column in the Sunday Telegraph ? He points out Dr. Neil Marchant's paper debunking the Home Office "enhanced lighting...

This looks interesting. Haven't tried yet. Downloading software now... "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released Maestro, a public version of the primary...

hi everyone, New Year greetings to you all from Ireland. I was wondering if someone would be able to post to the group or mail me the list of...

I was thinking about this today I see the Das Lidl-Scope as a sort of kit to be developed I envisage a permanent digital star cam and I was thinking about...

In case you find yourself in front of the telly, look out for Channel Five's "The Big Question", Monday-Friday this week at 7.30. Hopefully something worth...

Does anyone here know where to see realtime _measured_ distances between earth & solar system planets? As opposed to ephemeris theoretically calculated...

"Steven Dinius" wrote in message ... "Bill Morris--Tech Support" wrote in message ...

Happy New year everyone Shortly I'll be giving a talk to our local AS on astrophotography and have some questions:- 1/ In...

Does anybody know of a UK source for 2-propanol (Isopropyl Alcohol) ? Also, distilled water? Apparently, dionised water can contain solids. I need this stuff...

QVC at Birchwood Shopping Mall in Warrington is selling Celestron scopes 900mm fl (sorry don't know the exact model) for under £100 if anyone is interested....

This is a survey on "Astrology: Science or Pseudoscience ?" and it is addressed to anyone, skeptic or believer, who has something meaningful to say about...

Hello All When scope observing on a clear night in a moderately sized rural town I can see a deepsky patchy background, could anyone offer an explanation? bad...

I have been trying to get my hands of Skytools software in order to make star charts etc. However it seems that my Internet searches keep coming up with...

Hello all, I have recently acquired a used Celestron NexStar 5 and am really keen to get up and running. I have some questions I'm hoping someone can help...

Hi all I was just pondering the loss of the Beagle and how down the scientists must feel knowing that the US is about to land two rovers. But then I figured....