In this age of readily available solar images from a variety of solar- specific spacecraft some may wonder what the point is of making observations from the...

Even pathetic looking ones like these . . . http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/The_scrotum071007.jpg AND THE ANSWER IS . . . Vested...

Which means (in Norwegian): THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GOD http://www.edconrad.org If you have a problem finding a translator, here is the English...

Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2011/08/31/leaping-and-hopping-on-a-moonshadow/ "How do you align a telescope to make sure...

On Dec 14 2011, 7:26*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote: BBC News - Supermassive black hole will 'eat' gas...

Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 221 of December 2011 (104 K) is available now as http://www.rmob.org/rmobtext/rmob1112.txt More information and the...

In my 1995 copy of Astrophotograph -- An Introduction, H. J. P. Arnold, he talks about trai-free star images for emulsion based cameras. Since digital...

Just curious.

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My video allsky camera caught 68 Quadrantids this morning- good weather and little interference from the Moon. I've got a composite image and several fireball...

The top 12 "skylights" for this coming year include a "double planet" in May and a Venus transit of the sun in June....

INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE ...

The length of time a given location on the planet spends in solar radiation is far more important than the older view based on variations in inclination to...

1h UT today

I recall an astrophysicist being asked by a reporter, "What's a comet", well knowing the answer would be directed to the 'un-washed masses', his two word reply...

Dear group, Finally some clear skies following a month of incessant clouds and rains. With the moon at a phase of 64% at the onset of darkness, there...

The motion of the hands of a clock imitate the motion of a sundial shadow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2YnOfC5mz8 The comparison between a sundial and...

The equatorial Earth has an equatorial speed of 1037.5 miles per hour representing 15 degrees of geographical separation and diminishing to zero at the polar...

Some years ago I remember reading online that real photos of space galaxies, nebula, globular clusters, etc, are practically black and white with very faint...

Dear group, Finally some clear skies following a month of incessant clouds and rains. With the moon at a phase of 64% at the onset of darkness, there...