https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/fig5_0n.gif Many descriptions of the annual path of the Sun at the Equator in context of the Solstices/Equinoxes...

Told you so. A US couple have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon, claiming they sustained eye injuries from solar eclipse glasses purchased...

https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm The polar day/night cycle and its cause is here to stay with its own sunrise/sunset on the equinoxes and...

I'd have liked one. I've owned the 3.5" and the 7" and believe 5" would be idea. Still relatively portable, yet with sufficient aperture to be used under...

A person at the Equator experiences a symmetry of daylight/darkness throughout an orbit of the Sun while their counterpart at the South pole also experiences...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaG6PTVrFP4&t=72s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWwmP4obdwA The notion of the 'sun crossing the celestial equator' along...

Newton's idea was the Earth attracts an apple, the moon attracts the tides,the Earth attracts the moon and ultimately the Sun attracts the Earth hence the...

Summer is drawing to an end and Cygnus is straight overhead during the night. This may be the best time to observe the Veil nebula, which has 3 bright parts...

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-41231623 The winning images from this year's competition have now been announced, with Artem Mironov's vibrant clouds of...

Long time skywatcher, first total solar eclipse... I have read many accounts and seen many pictures, and Bailey's Beads are emphasized. Yet that effect...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTig9gKegQk The sea temperature fluctuations North and South of the Equator are responsible for seasonal events such as...

The standard of discussion is so poor mathematically and geometrically that only with the greatest courtesy can it be called a discussion. The relationship...

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*4qdNeV3mk_3S5VZAWoqwPA.jpeg On the eclipse Mercury and Regulus were to the left of the Sun however, due to...

Wow! I saw some mounts from Italy going for near five figures recently. Even cheapo mounts like those from iOptron and the like can top $1000.00 now.. ...

Shot this with my Canon 7D at UT 17:24 2017.09.06 with the new equipment I got for the eclipse (Stellarvue 102A on an iOptron CEM25P). So much smoke in the air...

Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 289 of August 2017 (58 K) is available now as http://www.rmob.org/rmobtext/rmob1708.txt More information and the...

No offence to the 'first point of aries' guys and their notion of the Sun's motion across an imagined celestial equator,the Sun coming into view on the Equinox...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI1iRhaDUB0 Now did you know that I'm a scientist of life And did you know that my pathetic mind runs wild Oh tell me did you...

On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 09:08:54 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote: On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 13:35:06 UTC+2, Paul Schlyter wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:14:52...

On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 07:35:06 UTC-4, Paul Schlyter wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:14:52 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote: ...