Hi, we are getting a 12" Meade and wanted to build or buy a dome for it. Does anyone know a cheap way of building one or know of anyone who may have one for...
... A cheap way of building one is to weld up two RHS frames, add wheels, add metal shed panels. Then you have two small sheds, each open at one end. If one...
... Would some kind soul tell me what time, and where this place is? regards, Anthony -- Anthony Wesley Director and Linux Consultant Acquerra Pty Ltd ...
Hi to all Thought that I would test the market with my ST-5C CCD camera. This is a single sensor parallel port camera with 320x240 10 micron pixels. It was ...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Feb 6, 2005 11:31 am
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The following update predictions are interesting: Feb 17 at 16h 9m UT (Friday morning). (7) Iris occults a mag 9.6 star, with a max duration of 8.9 secs. Path...
Hi, I am looking for a telescope and operator for a star night at Calwell High School on Wednesday 16th February for two hours. The actual times being ...
Hi folks, Owing to the temporary shut down of our usual folding venue, folding for this month will take place at the Canberra City Bowling Club, Elder Street, ...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Out of the blue, Saturn reveals its...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Feb 10, 2005 11:45 pm
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Hi all, I have 2 TeleVue Plossl eyepieces for sale, 15mm and 8mm, $135 each. Excellent condition, original boxes and caps. Call 6286 2163(H) or email. regards...
For those not aware, there is a faint comet visible in the southern sky that was discovered in January. The ephemeris for this comet is: Ephemeris of C/2005 A1...
... I got as far as reading this: "You've probably heard, for instance, that the space shuttle will retrieve damaged satellites and return them to earth for...
I managed to produce this one last night. There were a few a problems and, as a result, I wouldn't rate it as a great image but it does show a fair bit of...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Feb 13, 2005 11:37 pm
3192
Anyone got a 50mm finderscope they would like to give me?....what F..k off? ok then how about selling me one? :-) Mike Sitdownia...?...
This article is similar to many of the sensationalist ones going around at the time in the American press. The main thing it gets right is the underestimation...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Feb 14, 2005 4:56 am
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Dear Steve, Firstly, thanks for your great astrophotos! Once photographers could sleep in when the moon was full, but that was pre-CCD, hope you still get...
But, did they ever? I remember in 1984 Columbia repaired an Indonesian Palapa-1 satellite in place, but I can't recall them ever snagging one and bringing it...
... shuttle launch cost, really?" ... discover the anser - 500 million US. Ouch. Actually, the latest costings put the cost of a shuttle launch much higher. ...
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Feb 14, 2005 1:33 pm
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Ah! a bilion shmillion! phuf...chicken feed! Bill Gates could fund his own shuttle program alone and NASA could make manned missions to the moon and back...
Here's one that I did last night - the emission nebula NGC 3324 which is part of the Eta Carina complex. There is a very bright star superimposed on this...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Feb 14, 2005 11:31 pm
3199
They rescued two that I can remember. One was a Westar bird which was stranded in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) - I can't remember the circumstances relating to the...
A month or so back I advised of an opportunity to join in a group purchase of low-light video cameras, through the RASNZ. Graham Blow, how is organising the...
... Also try: http://www.iankingimaging.com Ian is a genuine and honest imager and will do you the best deal he can! The SXV-M8C is really intended for short...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Scientists are willing to wager that ET...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Feb 17, 2005 12:10 am
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... *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Kim Rawlings School Administration Research School of Chemistry The Australian National University Email:...
Kimberley Rawlings
kim@...
Feb 18, 2005 1:09 am
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Latest updates of occultations occurring in the ACT region: March 7 - actually, morning of Tues 8th March at 5am. Occultation of a mag 8.2 star by 729...
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