Astronomy: Search The Galaxy

I finally got the last part that I have been waiting for to be able to hook my DSLR right to my telescope. I went out last night even with the moon washing out most of the sky to try things out. Here is what I got. …
Original post by Rich01370

From The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Visit our Monthly Sky Highlights and Moon Phase Calendars page for more information.
Original post by The Old Farmer’s Almanac

hello everyone. i am new to the whole field of astronomy, but it has always been a passion of mine since i was a kid. my name is tom, and i am currently in the military, stationed in twentynine palms, california, which is smack in the …
Original post by mrstealth

Checking in from Lawton, OK, where the wife and I are helping our son pack out for Korea - he is in the Army. Weather here has been superb - what a change from the clouds, rain and snow of Stuttgart! Did some observing the first night …
Original post by Bondservant

A nice selection for a telescope system is a six inch refractor with a set of Brandon oculars. Also the University Optics has available a fine series of oculars based upon the Abbe design. In addition a Tuthill bino viewer with two 18mm …
Original post by ghlo08

Okay I collimated the scope the other day in hopes of a clear night. I have the scope outside now and I decided to do a star test. I looked at a few sights for procedures. I locked onto eith Procyon or Pollux. …
Original post by Arawn75

No, this isn’ta promo for the classic “Home on the Range”, but a description of the skies over my house at the moment. I walked out on the back porch and noticed a glistening wetness on the leaves of a nearby Ligustrum; even though I …
Original post by Kevin Bozard

Spot the end of a star’s life.
Original post by unknown

NASA’s Mars Phoenix trajectory manuever supports the May 25 landing.
Original post by unknown

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington. Final approval for some of the new cliffs on Mercury has been given by the IAU. According to custom, Mercury’s cliffs are named after …
Original post by Tom