For the results of the very successful Bamberga occultation of 20 April, see http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2007/results/070420_Bambergia.htm AB...
A reminder - a very good asteroidal occultation occurs on Wednesday evening. The occultation involves a Mag 7.1 star, and occurs a bit more after sunset than...
Hi everyone Article in today's Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21695374-30417,00.htm l And what about the Budget? Yes there is...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
May 9, 2007 12:43 am
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I hate to be picky (not), but the distance given for Eta Carinae of "70.8 trillion kilometers away" in The Australian article would be a real cause for...
miklyn1@...
May 9, 2007 1:49 am
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You are right Michael, if the Australian is referring to an "American" trillion - which is an "English" billion (both 10 to the 12th). As a light year is close...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
May 9, 2007 2:03 am
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Thanks to all that indicated their participation to-nite. However, having looked closely at the satellite imagery, I'm now proceeding on the presumption that...
I had a successful occultation from Spence of around a second or two. Will forward timing shortly. Mike Nelmes...
miklyn1@...
May 9, 2007 9:30 am
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NEXT THURSDAY (NOT tomorrow!), MAY 17, at 8.00pm, our GUEST SPEAKER is Professor Martin Asplund, from MT STROMLO talking on "The first stars in the Universe", ...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 9, 2007 10:08 am
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Congratulations. I was clouded out in Kambah Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: <miklyn1@...> To: "Dave Herald" <DRHerald@...> ...
Well done Mike! I noticed some big holes developing in the cloud cover about an hour beforehand, so I went off to Mt Ainslie to try my luck. But the...
For tonight's Journal folding two of our regulars will be away, leaving only 2 other regulars. We need at least 2 replacements to ensure that the job is done...
And a 100% cloud in Curtin. JM ________________________________ From: CADG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CADG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Herald Sent:...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
May 10, 2007 2:54 am
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The sky was fuzzy but I just couldn't set up in time (I got home from work with only 10 minutes to spare) and the target ended up just too low for the...
This month's Tardis Night at the CAS Observatory will be held this Saturday night (weather permitting). This is a good opportunity for those who do not know...
Hi All, I'm caught up in assignments at the moment, but a group of friends and my partner will be interested around mid June if someone is available to show us...
Hi everyone Here's another record breaking image in terms of exposure time. NGC 5643 is a galaxy in Lupus that doesn't get imaged often and isn't mentioned in...
Ian, The next Tardis Night will be on Sat 23 June. You don't have to wait until the new financial year to join CAS -- if you join this late in the financial...
Hi all, Was doing my usual MP photometry last night when my target appeared to cross a stellar void. Not knowing what it was I decided to stack all my images...
2007 ANNUAL DINNER For Members and their Guests THURSDAY 21 JUNE CANBERRA SOUTHERN CROSS CLUB WODEN 7:00PM $35 per person RSVP no later than 12 June to Kim on ...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 14, 2007 9:03 am
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Hi everyone R Jay Gabany suggested some colour enhancement techniques to use on my recent NGC 5643 image. My knowledge of photoshop has now increased by about...
Nice one Steve. I'm wondering what the reddish streak extending left of the nucleus is - a jet maybe 10,000 light years long, or an artefact? Mike Nelmes...
miklyn1@...
May 16, 2007 7:41 am
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I also tried the Gabany technique on my shot of the NGC 6215, NGC 6221 galaxy group. I think the result looks quite nice ...
Have a read at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21740779-30417,00.htm l ...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
May 17, 2007 2:03 am
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Hi everyone I couldn't let Eta Carina get away without taking a picture of it with the new scope. This is an almost three hour hydrogen alpha shot done last...
I beg to differ. The millenium bug was a very real problem and a large amount of peole (moi included) busting guts for many months before hand to either make...
2007 ANNUAL DINNER For Members and their Guests THURSDAY 21 JUNE CANBERRA SOUTHERN CROSS CLUB WODEN 7:00PM $35 per person RSVP no later than 12 June to Kim on ...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 25, 2007 8:55 am
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The Romans had one massive problem when it came to moving beyond their (terminal) level of technology: they didn't believe in zero. (They didn't understand...
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