Sky at Night Magazine

If you were to visit the Mount Turrialba volcano web cam, at aproximately 1;40 pm to about 2;00 pm everyday providing its a clear day. somewhere during that time, you will see a bright dot appear, and stays there until sunset. I dont think its the moon, and it kinda moves across the sky, I have seen it on many occasins and it seem to be moving north. I cannot for the life of me ...

Hi! I've been unable to spot comet Panstarrs, and have only managed one tiny image of it a few weeks ago. Magazine says it should be in Cassiopeia tonight. Is this accurate, as I've seen an image recently which suggests it's well below that towards the horizon. HELP!!!!!

Thanks in advance!

Last time I was here was over a year due to being busy and having difficulty getting back on. There used 2 be a facility whereby u could upload and display own photo albums; has that now gone by the board?

Last week, on 12-APR-2013, probably about 2130, but certainly no later than 2230, I was in Laugharne, Wales (here: http://www.google.co.uk/mapmaker?q=&gw=30&ll=51.775086,-4.455718&spn=0.001022,0.002918&z=19&vpid=1366322570070&t=h&lyt=large_map&hyaw=7.333650998771748e-7)
and my wife saw on Twitter or Facebook a post saying now was the chance to see the new moon in the arms of the old. I hadn't known that phrase, but have since learned it is basically Earthsine on the moon, so I headed out to see. What I saw was beyond what I've ...

I lost my Dad, Tom on Sunday morning and his sister Margaret Tuesday evening. Neither were astronomers but my Dad often liked to see my pictures on my mobile or laptop. Fortunately, they both lived long lives into their 80s.

I'm trying to continue as well as I can but haven't as yet got back to observing and photography. I have processed some DSLR constellation images taken on April 12th and put them on my ...

I'm ready to get back into the hobby again!

I moved house in Sept 2010, leaving behind my homemade observatory, and super fast broadband. I also left behind the light pollution.

The gear had been out twice in 2.5 years, both times for some solar white light imaging.

I guess a part of me got left behind with my observatory.

So.....what better to do than start building another!

Looking forward to getting back into the ...

Hi,
for a long time i've been considering buying a telescope. I have read many articles about the pros and cons of what to buy and am now a bit confused, a lot actually. We have quite a large selection of quality binoculars up to 10x50 which we use out the garden and skies, and I use Nikon D200 cameras as well as compact and bridge, as we do a lot of wildlife photography.

Due ...

SOLD:
This Meade focal reducer/field flattener is f6.3 and SCT fitting, suits Meade, Celestron or similar with 50mm thread. Male and female threads.

Optically perfect, slight marks on threads through normal use. Needs to be set up with the rear lens surface 89mm. from the camera sensor.

£80

I have to sell my superb EQ6 Heavy Duty mount. Its full Synscan with mark 3 handset, all cables, 3 off 5 kg. weights, polar scope, with heavy duty tripod and accessory tray. Also comes with Vixen dovetail and Losmandy bars.

It is complete and in top order; no binding or discernible backlash. It has been absolutely reliable and only used on my pier in the observatory. I have used it with EQMOD with total ...

Sadly I must sell my Quattro 10" f4 scope. Its only a few months old, still in warranty, and in almost new condition, with perfect mirrors. It comes with all the original parts: dual speed Crayford, eyepiece adaptors for 1.25" & 2", rings and dovetail bar, cap and 9x50 finder scope. It does not come with EP's.

In addition it has a heater tape on the secondary mirror stem, a fan and heater for the ...