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a lot depends on what time of night you're looking to the west. right now venus stands out in the west after sunset. a sharp eye will spot mercury too.

due to a lower back injury i am prescribed very strong painkillers. one side effect that bothers me the most is these drugs constrict my pupils. my night vision is almost nonexistant. is there a way to compensate for this with my telescope optics? next appointment i'm going to ask my doc if there ar...

that's what hyperion looks like it's made of.
like solid "rock foam".

i'm having trouble with reading that i can view the comet both at sunrise or sunset. which side of the sun is it on? i would like to get a look. i live at 90w 30n

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070110.html I save pictures I like to a file where I can view them whenever I want. There I can rotate them and expand them for detail. It's surprising how many galaxies are it this photo. Way too numerous to count. :) Orin do you mean there's enough info in the p...

todays picture is another that i would love to see in 3d. or to be more specific i'd like to be able to rotate the image to see what it would look like if viewed from 90 degrees to the left or east or even 180 degrees. i realize we don't have a hubble telescope in these positions to take a picture, ...

i have a hard time visualizing pictures like this in 3d. or figuring out what angle i'm looking at it from. how do the pros do it? if the image was taken 6 months apart could they be combined to make a 3d image?