40 Years Ago To The Day, ‘Doctor Who’ Predicted ‘Alternative Facts’ In “The Face of Evil: Part Four,� which premiered on Jan. 22, 1977, the Doctor...

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ASCII is defined in wiki as an 8-bit system, developed from telegraphic codes, to allow for 256 characters. However, I have noticed that this set is truncated...

Not that I believe in evolution either by any stretch of the imagination, but what is this post doing in an astro group?? "Fossil Lin" ...

Let's say that for some reason (some version of) we decided to send a probe to look around another reasonably close star. We found an interesting planet...

to those SAA members who have pointed out why my posting last month was off, I do say this, I'm about back to normal, had about a full week when I was on the...

===================================================== Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - December 26,...

Familiar comets may have distant roots More than 90 percent of objects found in the vast outer–solar system reservoir may have been born around other stars,...

Business has been good this year so I think I will help Santa out...any good Black Friday deals out there in terms of telescopes and accessories?

Are there any other Conservative Republican Christians here in this newsgroup or am I the only one? Why are there so many atheists here in this newsgroup?

My new Orion catalog has a new Item! An XT12 Intelliscope. Yikes, am I dreaming!!! Vitals: 305mm Pyrex Primary 1500mm Focal Lenght f4.9 4'10" Tube @...

My research and your guidance have lead to another couple of questions. These are not really related to my research into buying a telescope. They are more...

Does anyone have any suggestions for cold weather observation techniques? There have been some really clear but cold nights here lately. While one side of me...

Hi folks I spent some time with John Dobson last week and got some photos. what do you think http://www.shawngrantsworld.com/images/dobson1.jpg Oh when I...

Observation Report: Feb. 2, 2004 Observer: Stephen Paul Location: 41.5N 71.5W (rural driveway in Shirley MA) Time: 12:30 - 2:30 UT Scope: Orion XT10 (10" F5...

1. It isn't going to fall out of the sky, yet. It should be good for a few more years. 2. It is now outdated. Current technology allows ground-based...

You know, if you buy too much (read, expensive) telescope, just admit it. If yoy're speculating on scopes & reselling for a profit, just admit that, too. All...

Bush is going to set NASAs direction toward the Moon and eventual Mars. Wouldn't it be better if we set NASAs goals towards building a cheaper access to space....

Well it had to happen: I went up to my set up place and parked across the steet and about 6pm or so started setting up. Now today the Foster Freeze was...

Doug Peterson wrote: I received one at work today, will not be able to do a star test till later. It will be interesting to see how "colorful" it is on...