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The fire is out of control and threatens Mt. Wilson Observatory. feel free to read about it @ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... s-say.html

Old news: Article dated August 30, 2009 | 5:42 pm (bystander)

On Wednesday, July 1, starting at 7 a.m. EDT, a tanking test will be conducted to ensure repairs were successful. Endeavour's external tank will be filled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, just as it is before launch. NASA managers will hold a news conference following the test to discuss the ...

Endeavour is set to launch on its STS-127 mission at 5:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 17.

I snaped this picture early Saturday morning 4/18/2009. 16X30 sec @ iso 1600 stacked with deepsky stacker.

Nasa has lost the centrepiece satellite of its $280 million climate-change mission after a catastrophic launch failure today. The carbon dioxide-monitoring satellite was fired on a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/articl...

I found the site a few days after I posted this. Thanks for getting back to me. have a great day.

Was this photo a time exposure? Or stacked? Because the stars are not trailing in the reflection off the water.

Thanks folks that is what I supected. the contellations will shift north which means ursa major and a few others will drop in declination. I thank you for your valued opinions on this thread.

Right now Polaris is our north polar star. In 12,000 years Alpha lyrae will be, correct? How will this effect the summer in the northern hemisphere. Will are days be even longer than they are now and the Suns cross the meridan higher in the sky? A interesting speculation. And will contellations like...

Two very interesting articles. Could it happen? Or has it already? http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2 ... earth.html and http://jumk.de/astronomie/special-stars/hr-8210.shtml

The SOHO Observatory MPEG Site look at the LASCO-C3 movie (blue) at the bottom right. During the months of late October thru Mid November 2009, Apophis will be opposite the sun from us and should appear in the C3 MPG file during that time. It will be a very small pixel traveling toward the left aga...

It was the finest era of modern rocketry the Apollo craft with its five massive J-1 engines was without a doubt a true beast. The engine itself produced more power that every river in North America combined. All we have left are movies of this fine era. Which dont due justice to the chest rattling t...

On November 16th the Leonid meteor shower will peak. It should produce about 15 bright meteorites per hour. Enjoy the show weather permitting.

Asteroid Apophis 2004MN4 will come within 29000 km/ 18000 mi of striking the Earth on April 13th, 2029 this asteroid will come inside the orbits of most of are major satellites. This asteriod is the size of 3 football fields and if it hits a 400km gravitational keyhole as it sling shots aroung us th...

Thanks for this reminder to everyone that we need to stay on the backs of our local authorities and planners at all times. If we wait until the offending fixtures are installed, ordered, approved, or even considered, we're too late. Communication with those who don't know any better must be widespr...

I was recently looking through a copy of Sky and Telescope where I saw a ad I think it was Celestron but not sure. They had a telescope which had built in ccd imaging capabilities, Is this true? Does anyone else know? I am very interested especially if all you need to tranfer image data is a compact...

I live in Akron Ohio a area heavy in light polltion. I am assuming that you meant your telescope's primary mirror is 8" diameter which means your focal lenght is 2032mm, this means your telescope is able to see light 800 times fainter than the human eye. Living in a light polluted area like I d...

Since you seen it at 1:30 PST and from your location and you posted this on August 7th It sounds like you were looking a variable star called S Cephei in the constellation of Cepheus. It flashes green, red, white and occasionally blue and yellow. When it is close to the horizon the effect is really ...

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36161/description/Milky_Ways_black_hole_seen_in_new_detail ScienceNews Milky Way's black hole seen in new detail By Ron Cowen September 27th, 2008; Vol.174 #7 A closer look at a unique feature in the galaxy’s center suggests outlines of the black hole’s ev...

A friend told me about this event but all I could come up with was a solar eclipse for that date. I used redshift 4.

Do You Have A Favorite Telescope, I would like to know. Mine is a Celestron classic 8. Vote on your favorite.

Here in Akron Ohio I live a mile north of interstate 76, A block east of 277 and 4 blocks south of 76 again. Where the interchanges are they have elected six 100 ft tall mercury vapor lights, its deeply disappointing. These light have washed out Scorpius and Sagittarius to my south. And make adjusti...

Anyone have more details on this event? please let me know.