sci.astro is a newsgroup devoted to the discussion of the science of
astronomy.  As such its content ranges from the Earth to the farthest
reaches of the Universe.
 
However, certain questions tend to appear fairly regularly.  This
document attempts to summarize answers to these questions.
 
This document is posted on the first and third Wednesdays of each
month to the newsgroups sci.astro and sci.astro.seti.  It is available
via anonymous ftp from
<URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/astronomy/faq/>, and
it is on the World Wide Web at
<URL:http://sciastro.astronomy.net/sci.astro.html> and
<URL:http://www.faqs.org/faqs/astronomy/faq/>.  A partial list of
worldwide mirrors (both ftp and Web) is maintained at
<URL:http://sciastro.astronomy.net/mirrors.html>.  (As a general note,
many other FAQs are also available from
<URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/>.)

Questions/comments/flames should be directed to the FAQ maintainer,
Joseph Lazio (jlazio@patriot.net).