Advance notice.... On Friday 20 July there is a really good graze nearby, that will be observable with a 10cm scope, and really easy with a 15cm scope. The...
Interesting, although the second last paragraph does not make sense when it refers to "the "escape velocity" of the galaxy - the speed stars passing near the...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 6, 2007 2:02 am
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I don't know if anyone has ever contemplated or is contemplating buying one of the Allira telescopes sold by the Australian company Anssen. If so, this review...
There is a favourable asteroidal occultation occurring this Friday morning, at 3:40:50am (+/- 15 secs). The star is of mag 9.8, and is quite close to the star...
Have you wondered what Comet McKnight looks like now? Its current declination is -71 deg, and it has faded to a very ordinary object. I've just posted an image...
Where: Canberra Observatory, Hawdon Place, Dickson When: 8 p.m. tonight The more the merrier! John H -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG...
Here's an experiment in presentation. Not sure if it works well visually or not. I've combined two views of the Pavo globular NGC 6752. One is a wide field...
Just a quick preliminary report re this morning's occultation by Lova, which crossed the Canberra/Sydney region. At this time I am aware of the following...
People, I've just spoken with Denver and he has confirmed that it is 100% clould cover at Belmount Forest with the prospect of another early fog rolling in. As...
Here's another version of the NGC 6752 image. I decided I didn't like the mouse over much so now you click on the RC image to get the wide field version. ...
Time for final arrangements for this graze, which is this Friday evening. At this stage the weather forecast is looking good. 1. Meeting location and time: ...
Hi CADGies The move to Newcastle has gone 6 months now and we are staying it seems? Just gotta buy a house and build a new observatory (sick of setting up and...
Hi everyone Hmmm - love to see this exhibition...but why is it not coming to Canberra - or more specifically, Mt Stromlo observatory? ( I note its not coming...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 24, 2007 11:55 pm
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It is going to Canberra. As far as I recall the Tidbinbilla tracking station is still in the ACT....
Quite simple, John. Before the end of the last Director's term, all outreach activities at both locations were terminated. You may have missed the announcement...
Do we take it that the insurance payout has been sufficient to keep the observatories flush to the point that they no longer need to worry about public opinion...
Did you notice how high up the moon was tonite? Tomorrow night the moon will be slightly further south, at a declination of -28.3 deg - so for southern...
Thank you Dave. Yes. I did notice how high the moon was. I was also thinking how fortuitous that the JM Nebula Award for this year is to identify as many...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 25, 2007 11:40 pm
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For your information. NACAAs are held over Easter every two years. The next one is in Sydney next year. Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Dr Tom...
EXTRAORDINARY AUGUST MEETING !! COME AND HEAR DR ROB MCNAUGHT TALK ABOUT THE DISCOVERY AND STUDY OF THE COMET OF THE CENTURY! He will also talk about the...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Jul 30, 2007 11:41 am
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Rob's running the only professional search for NEO's in the SH - John Broughton is running a much smaller amateur search and achieving good results out of his...
Another great opportunity for spending, Steve. :-) The Nagler, with a mere 82 degree apparent field, already needs the observer to look around in the field, ...
People, I heard a promo yesterday for a segment on local ABC radio 666 for an interview with Dr Brian Schmidt. It's on tomorrow night (Sunday) at 9:00pm (I...
AND..... he is OUR guest speaker in November! Kim :-)...
Kim Rawlings
kimvince@...
Aug 4, 2007 10:02 am
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Journal folding is on tonight (yes, a week early). Fortunately, we have lotsa folding volunteers – the whole committee! Cheers, John H -- Internal Virus...
EXTRAORDINARY AUGUST MEETING !! COME AND HEAR ROB MCNAUGHT TALK ABOUT THE DISCOVERY AND STUDY OF THE COMET OF THE CENTURY! THURSDAY 9TH AUGUST (this meeting...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Aug 5, 2007 9:08 pm
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Well not exactly. The operator was in Theodore but the telescope was R Jay Gabany's 20" Ritchey Chretein in New Mexico. The data was gathered yesterday...
