The earthquake was a horrific tradgedy, we all know that. Has anyone thought about what its effects might be on climate since the tilt of the earth towards...

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The clouds came and went during a New Year's Eve party, and it was plenty warm enough to check what was visible every hour or so. Without doing a rigorous...

I'm looking for a lens for my Canon 20D. The camera and lens will be mounted piggyback on a Meade 8" SCT that is permanently mounted in a small observatory on...

Shhhh.. don't tell (I don't want to get in trouble!), but here's a pic of what lies under the protective covers of Coronado's PST (Personal...

Hi: I just downloaded the orbital elements for the comets and asteroids. Then I noticed on the asteroids it had this: Warning! Orbital elements are 1 year...

Hi: Dec.30/31, 2004 - 2345 UT. 12cm, f/8.3, 100cm fl refractor at 40x and 67x. Observed from balcony in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Yep, there was light...

I need a medium-load tracking mount, but pockets not deep enough just yet for a Titan or Paramount. Orion's Atlas mount looks OK but the dec weight shaft...

saa I've setup a website with the aim of raising £100 for the victims of the tsunami in SE Asia. Please try to help in any way you...

Anyone with a large aperture scope viewing comet Machholz tonight 01/01/2005 ? My computer program is telling me Comet Machholz ( 0.35AU distant) and...

Has DJM ever actually replied to an answer to his posts? I don't read them but don't remember seeing a reply in the headers ever. Terry B The only...

Hi all, Well the questions in the title, is this a good idea? Can the DSI do everything a LPI can do and more or should I keep my LPI and save up some more? ...

Hi, I've updated my website with some pictures of sunsets http://images.ciel.free.fr/Eversion/Sunset.html#set2 and a page about the way I build a lunar...

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:40:20 +0000, SaberScorpX wrote: In the south of France on Dec. 29th, in the middle of the night, Simian Etienne took this picture...

Comet Machholz seen and recorded in SE an hour before moonrise with image posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm Gone hazy now under moonlight...

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Hi all! The following is the official position of the Italian Amateur Astronomers Associations with respect to the IDA's Model Lighting Ordinance, which...

When viewing star spectra? Or is a sub-diameter reflection grating just as good? -Rich

I'm missing something fundamental here, and I'm hoping one of you can please help me to figure this one out. I have an Antares 8x50 RACI finderscope, which...

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