Please see the following link for organisational details for this event. Note that this is truly going to be a cooperative effort involving several ...
Message from Andrew ::: The viewing night for O'Connor Co-op School will be going ahead to night ... Set up in the park just behind the school with best access...
Shirley McKeown
wombats1@...
Jul 6, 2006 6:21 am
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This link will provide you with some interesting info... http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/PS1_dedication/ Dave Herald Canberra, Australia...
2000 Gigabyte per night? Presumably they've got a really big hard disk. Anyway, nice to see the local company mentioned....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 7, 2006 12:45 am
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This was just posted on the SBIG group taken with a newly designed 320mm carbon truss astrograph. Rather a nice first light image I think. Cheers Steve ...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 7, 2006 1:16 am
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Looking at the weather maps etc, it looks like we will get a continuation of early morning fog/low cloud over the next few days. In particular, there are no...
For those that haven't yet sent me their results - I would appreciate them ASAP. S&T are interested in running a short item in the Sep/Oct issue, but their ...
You might find this abstract interesting. It is suggesting that perhaps the majority of potential earth-impactors may be binary asteroids - with implications...
Hello to everyone I have just joined this group and would like to introduce myself. I have been an casual amateur astronomer for about 30 years with a ...
Ric, Welcome aboard! Thanks for the description. I'm not myself active but the ACT certainly is a hotbed of top-level amateur activity and friendly too. So I'm...
Hi Jim, Thanks for the welcome While we are building we are renting in Queanbeyan so for the moment I receive my fair share of sky glow as well not to mention...
Hi Ric You are welcome at my Mt Campbell Observatory, just south of Queanbeyan, if you are interested. We have just sold though and will be moving out in a few...
Hi Mike, I would love to come out and have a look, thankyou for the offer. I will give you a call and organise a time that’s convenient. The images on your...
I sometimes wonder how some scientists can get away with such flights of fancy. 1. They only surveyed 8 objects - they never heard of selection effects? 2. 3...
Well Steve Crouch and I have just returned from the CWAS Astro Fest in Parkes and we thought some of you might like to know that apart from enjoying a great...
Steve & Mike, Mike and Steve, Congratulations again! Nice to see you guys doing for southern objects what Rob Gendler does for northern ones - and receiving...
Thanks Peter and others. A couple of small points in Mike's post. Mine were honourable mentions, not honorary mentions and the IC 4628 image in the link is...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 17, 2006 12:50 am
4280
... Err?...is there a difference..? :-) Mike Not an English teacher :-)...
I thought there was but if there isn't I stand corrected....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 17, 2006 2:35 am
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In my view there is a _huge_ difference. An Honorary thing is awarded to honour someone - usually for reasons quite unconnected with the competition (eg a...
Well glad that's been clarified - none would have been able to sleep otherwise, I'm sure...Nessun dorma. Honorayiable Mike :-) ... awarded to honour ... ...
There are several upcoming events that may be of interest. Firstly there is the Pariana occultation next Monday morning. Details are below. The central path is...
Well done Mike and Steve! It's a pity the results were not made public until our Journal was already in the mail, but no doubt they will feature in the ...
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Jul 17, 2006 2:27 pm
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This comet may not have become widely known yet. It is currently low in the west soon after sunset, and heading into the twilight. It looks like it might get ...
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