Thought people would be interested in this.... Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Francois COLAS" <colas@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> ...
I haven't been able to do any new stuff lately mostly because of the weather (only seems to be clear around full moon) so here's a reprocessed image which I...
Reports are now coming through of southern hemisphere observations of this 5th magnitude comet. For some time it has only been visible in the northern...
In the (unlikely?) situation of it being somewhat clear tonite, I might head up to Mt Ainslie to try to pick up comet Loneos soon after sunset. There have been...
I think I'll try where I saw McNaught first after sunset, in the Red Hill reserve just above Kent St. DN ... -- _________________________ David Nicholls ...
... I saw it tonight from my backyard in 20x80s. There were clouds drifting through the field intermittently, but it was easy enough to locate, being at the...
Attached is image taken with integrating video camera from Mt Ainslie. The conditions were poor, to say the least. It was imaged through cloud. But the tail is...
... Saw it from my viewing point too, though very briefly due to clouds (cirrus and cumulus) through my 15x70s. Vello's description is accurate. DN -- ...
Congrats to Dave Higgins, who is apparently the lead individual in the discovery of binarity of asteroid 8116 Jeanperrin - just announced. Dave Herald ...
Thanks Dave. Thats #8 :-) and if only the weather would improve (though as long as it continues to rain I'm not complaining....) I could be hunting more. ...
People, Due to the current weather conditions....and a forecast from the BoM of more to come...tonight's Deep Sky Night has been cancelled. Lets at least hope...
Hey everyone, I'm new to the group and actually pretty new to astronomy. I'm a Jnr High Science teacher in Sydney, and was inspired by a workshop at the ...
Yes, I do. I'm using a 25mm and a 10mm. I know they're not spectacular, but everyone keeps telling me that's all I need. ... in ... Jnr ... the ... really ...
OK, so the first thing to check is that everything else is present. Sorry if this is "teaching you to suck eggs". Check that the main mirror is where it ought...
Another way to check alignment is to have a look at the moon or Jupiter. You'll soon know if the finder is not pointed in the same direction as the main...
No rain out at Gundaroo, but wall-to-wall stars instead ... at least until 2 a.m. when I went to bed. We did see the weather to the west-southwest heading...
An interesting/rare occultation occurs this Saturday. The Moon will occult Neptune at about 11.30 pm as seen from south-eastern Australia, and New Zealand. The...
Hi to all With the weather the way it's been I didn't think I would get anything this month. Fortunately last night and the night before have been good enough...
Steve Wow! Another windows background ! Regards Jim From: CADG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CADG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Crouch Sent: Tuesday, 13...