People, CAS have been asked if we can provide about 3 telescopes that can be used in a short feature film being shot in Civic this weekend. I've accepted on...
I have an old brass telescope (40mm f25 ) with movie history. It was used on the set of Babe..... Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: A&U White To:...
From the latest IAU circular: SATELLITES OF NEPTUNE Further to IAUC 5347, the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the following...
None - they are much too faint. The only moon I can sensibly image is Neptune II Nereid, which is usually around mag 19 to 20. I have now contributed 162...
Interesting reading at: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov:80/news/status/070205.html Possibility of this spacecraft visiting Temple 1 in 2011, and imaging the...
Yes - this has been on the cards for a while. Given that the main expense with spacecraft is design and launch, why not make the most of them while they are...
There is a _very_ good lunar graze next Wednesday morning at 4.30am. [Feb 13 at 17.30UT] The star is mag 6.4, and it is grazing 12 degrees from the southern...
Hi guys Just thought I'd let ya all know that I am no longer a Canberran, we have moved to newcastle. I came to Canberra in late 1983 as a pimply faced...
... *************** Ms Kim Rawlings School Administration Research School of Chemistry College of Science Birch Building Building 35, Science Road The...
... Could take days to manually update all my reference books. I'm pretty sure I've seen Neptune XI - I believe it was occulted by Vegemite at the time. John H...
People, Don't forget the CAS members night (Tardis) at Mt Stromlo, this Saturday 10/02/07. Meet at the boomgate at 8:30pm, weather permitting (don't be late or...
White, Andrew P
kim@...
Feb 7, 2007 11:38 pm
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I know it's early in the month, but the journal is on its way to the printer's, so flex the fingers and arrange to be at Canberra City Bowling Club Elder St ...
... *************** Ms Kim Rawlings School Administration Research School of Chemistry College of Science Birch Building Building 35, Science Road The...
Kimberley Rawlings
kim@...
Feb 7, 2007 11:40 pm
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Hi to all I managed a first light image with my newly arrived 31.75 cm (12.5") Ritchey Chretein scope last night. There are a few minor problems with this...
Congratulations Steve on your new scope. Your first image came out quite nice no doubt you will sort out the minor technical hitches and be back to your...
Thanks Ric. The technical hitches are pretty minor, basically the fact that the star images on the extreme left are very slightly elongated. This may have...
Dam! ya beat me! :-( Looks very promising indeed and I'm really looking forward to sharing in the images that you will be producing :-) What FR will you be...
People, CAS will be participating in the first of our school nights for the year on Thursday February 22 at Conder Primary School (see the attached flier). ...
For those who have lost the previous info - here it is again (CADG people - you will be missing the image) Note that the date of the event is Feb 14. Ignore...
People, The schools night scheduled for Conder Primary on Thursday Feb 22 has been postponed. This will be re-scheduled for later in the term. Keep an eye out...
Eclipses of Iapetus in Saturn's shadow are extremely rare events. There is currently a series of Iapetus events which started last December, and finish in May....
There is a naked-eye nova in Scorpius at the moment, *Nova Sco 2007 mag 3.7*...
Jack Child
jack.child@...
Feb 17, 2007 10:21 pm
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Interesting article in the Australian on the Sun and climate change. Similar to what I have been saying to many people when they raise global warming. Not that...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Feb 20, 2007 12:07 am
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Yes, reminds me of a famous quote--- ignorance is bliss....
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