Don' t be too concerned John, Astro Imagers are a competitive bunch and notoriously honest but constructive with each other - throw a bit of humour in and ya...
I remember that some people in Canberra were ordering occultation cameras from someone (was he in NZ?) earlier this year or late last year. I joined CAS just...
No - Still waiting. The cameras have been made now I am waiting mod work on the gain control. Graham Blow of the RNZOcc section of the RNZ Astronomical ...
Early Thursday morning saw another occultation success, when I got a 9.1 sec event. Although faint, when the star went out the change in the star pattern was...
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Jun 2, 2005 1:01 pm
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This is great to hear. Trust my luck to be in Geneva and miss it... dave ... event. Although faint, when the star went out the change in the star pattern ... ...
...nah! Ignore them all Steve! The Trifid's still one of my favourite bits of the sky and your image does it justice. You can get an almost 3D effect with the...
A&U White
a_u_white@...
Jun 2, 2005 1:25 pm
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... Suffer? suffer?....humf! bigot! You offend all the Newtonian, Dob and Cassegrain users out there! :-o Long live diffraction spikes, Hallelulia!...
Thanks Andrew. Mike's comments don't bother me too much and the SBIG list seemed to like it....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 2, 2005 11:28 pm
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Here's another image done last night in biting cold with the C14 STL11000CM combination. This is a faint emission nebula in Scorpius not too far from the...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 2, 2005 11:39 pm
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Yeah I'd be really bummed out to be in Geneva. 8)...
... Strange, I've never noticed this piece of Gum when observing NGC 6231. Perhaps if I stare fixedly for 70 minutes I might see it. Or, use ST-6 technology. ...
There is a DSN scheduled for tonight, Saturday 4th, at Bobroff Acres, Michelago (see map in ephemeris). I shall be out until around 5:30 p.m. Dress warmly! ...
Any suggestions for Ben? ... Hi I am an amatuer astronomer of Hong Kong and also a member of Hong Kong Astronomy Society. I am planning to travel to Alice...
... Depending on his budget, he might be better off staying at one of the resorts close to Uluru (Ayers Rock). He might have more options there, and better...
On Sunday, 12th June. Bonfire lit about 5:30 p.m. Display starts around 6 :30 p.m. Get there early - on sale will be soup, hotdogs, drinks etc At Denver's fire...
Is anyone else running Megastar version 5? I'm becoming increasingly irritated with the number of missing objects in its catalogues. Examples include NGC...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 8, 2005 12:46 am
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People, We need some help relocating some telescope equipment this Saturday (11/6/05)! The main object of concern is a hefty and awkward equatorial mount which...
A&U White
a_u_white@...
Jun 8, 2005 1:47 pm
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Hi Andrew As mentioned a few days ago, I will be out of Canberra on Friday until Sunday afternoon (to be back in time for the fireworks at Denver's) ... From:...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jun 9, 2005 12:11 am
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Andrew Happy to help out. Could you give me a call on my mobile to give me the details. Mobile 0412 092 557 Denys Batten...
The journals have been printed and will be folded tonight, Thursday 9th, at the Canberra Planetarium and Space Dome, starting around 8 p.m. As three of our...
Here's an image I took last night of M4, the brighter of the two globular clusters near Antares. Conditions weren't too bad apart from bursting skyrockets,...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 13, 2005 1:14 am
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Dear all, Many have taken to questioning George W Bush's pronouncement that the US would return to the Moon and go on to Mars. Some have doubted the wisdom of...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Methane volcano spotted on Saturn's...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Jun 14, 2005 5:23 am
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Hi to all This image has been the bane of my life since Mr Sidonio quite rightly pointed out some problems with it. I posted another version this morning and...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 14, 2005 5:53 am
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... rightly ... Arhem...that's SIR Sidonio to you! :-) ... version. Much better than the first although I did like the version you emailed me last with the...
... Dear all, Telescopes, binoculars and people willing to chat to the public about this event are needed. It won't be late (we are planning to finish at...
Kimberley Rawlings
kim@...
Jun 15, 2005 1:42 am
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Thanks Jim. Yes -colour balance was a bit off and there were a few other processing faults to which I should have paid closer attention....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 15, 2005 3:25 am
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Hi to all I wasn't intending this to be a serious image as I was only testing out Hydrogen Alpha imaging with the new camera. It turned out reasonably well ...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jun 15, 2005 4:01 am
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Great things those H-alpha filters huh? :-) Mike Sid on IO ... testing out ... reasonably well ... do with a...
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