Hi Eric, Try www.astronomics.com. Very helpful folks, and lots of quality equipment and accessories from Meade, Celestron, Tele Vue, etc. Their website also...
Thanks to all of you for replying. I've ordered the couple items I needed from Orion and Optcorp and they were both very helpful in answering my questions and...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, April 9, 2008 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation Astronomy...
Francis Park Stargazing CANCELED Greetings, Weather and/or sky conditions will not be favorable tonight, so the stargazing event at Francis Park is canceled....
...so my sister-in-law calls my wife and she runs over to the second hand store with $30 in hand, returns home and calls me at work and says, "Dear, I just...
Thanks for the link, Steve. Good info. For others wondering what I was talking about, Dave Kriege of Obsession Telescopes claims using a combination of virgin...
Someone sent me a link to this: BERLIN (AFP) - A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a...
Hello all, I got a telescope for christmas and excited that the weather is getting warm so that I can go out and use it. I was just curious what the "cred" is...
... ...... I got a 5 inch 800*80mm reflecting scope John, I'm having a bit of trouble with those numbers. I Googled Galileo and found they sell a 800*80mm...
... you ... supplied ... claim. ... product ... can. ... The 5 inches was referring to the opening at the end of the tube...it came with 2 lenses a 20mm and a...
Hi Johnny, Congratulations on joining our universe! Keep in mind that Galileo, the Italian dude who got in trouble with the religous authorities, only had a...
"It came with 2 lenses a 20mm and a 6mm" The 20mm will give you a magnification of 40x and the 6mm will give you 133x. To calculate magnification divide the...
NASA is broadcasting a High Def video compilation of earth views, with narration/discussion by a scientist that'n been involved with astronaut photography: ...
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Hi all. I wanted to announce this public outreach event that the St. Louis Astronomical Society is hosting this June. We were contacted by the Astronomy...
There may've been some serious problems during the the most recent Soyuz landing that brought ISS crew members back to earth. It may not have been"just" a ...
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/proamcollab/astroalert/18063819.html Another Bright Nova, This Time in Sagittarius This is an AstroAlert from Sky &...
Hey Guys Spring has finally come. Its that time of year to start thinking about dark skies to view. I am wondering if you guys would want to come here to the...
I hope my geekiness isn't showing, but I created a new folder in the FILES section called "GPS Coordinates". If you know the coordinates of an observing site...
http://www.astrosociety.org/events/2008mtg/lecture.html Free Public Lecture "How Galileo and the Telescope Changed Everything" Dava Sobel, author and science...
Has everyone heard about this? Check out the link below the camp out is a Hawn State Park in july. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6615...
There is a brochure and registration form in the FILES folder under EVENTS. I don't believe on-line registration is available on the SLAS website as of yet....
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