Good evening I just noticed that the current CAS journal invites Barbeque attendees to drop into the Tidbinbilla DSCC to see the David Malin awards....
I managed to get a few hours on this galaxy last night before the cloud came over again. Given the weather forecast I don't think I'll be getting colour...
A very nice image. If you compare with the DSS image on GoogleSky - Steve's image is significantly better (although not quite as good as toe partial Hubble...
Hi Contrary to my previous advice on this subject, the Malin awards will be available for viewing at the Tidbinbilla DSCC this weekend. Although the...
As you may be aware, the John Morland Nebulous Award presentation for 2007 will be made this Saturday at the CAS Christmas party, so get your entries in by...
Re Albert's comments - undoubtedly many pairs of faint stars await discovery - but the scale of images matters, and there'd be a tendency to pick up fairly...
Hi Ross You are correct - image scale has a lot to do with it. I'm not sure precisely to which stars you are referring but if you take the brightest double...
Hi all, You may be interested in an interesting article re Speed records for spacecraft http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/fastest_spacecraft.html ...
Hi to all I goy a brief window to get some colour data for NGC 1808. Not as much as I would like but I don't think I'll be getting any more given the weather....
Just a friendly reminder that the Geminid meteor shower will be at its best this Friday night / Saturday morning. At this stage, the weather forecast looks...
Not satisfied with a few individual objects, I now have a whole class of object named after me: http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1866 I wonder if "middle age spread"...
Can we assume you will be addressing CAS next year? Although the Very Low Luminosity means you are not a 'leading light' -:) Anyway - nice association! Dave...
... However, some VeLLOs are associated with strong outflows, indicating the previous existence of massive accretion. Does that mean we should position...
Just spoke to Denver. He feels pretty confident that it will be clear tonight. At 6pm it was 95% clear with a little cloud on the S horizon, but good towards...
There will be a REALLY good lunar graze on the morning of Jan 3, at about 3.20 am. The graze is of a mag 5.5 star 12 degrees from the cusp of a 28% moon - and...
... late January Mars encounter have been improved. .... Love those improved uncertainties! Anyway, our time zone is still the one to be in - impact or near...
On my calculations, the Rise and Set times of Mars in Canberra on Jan 30 - expressed in UT, are: Rise 6h 28m Set 15h 42m Similarly, the 'rise/set' times with...
For those thinking about attending this graze, below are the final details. For us Canberrans, the road House is about 25km north of Marulan. It is the first ...
Remember to confirm re weather... Current situation - large mass of cloud developing over the NSW/Vic border, now affecting Canberra skies. I'm hopeful it is...
We had a success with the graze this morning. But it was an interesting time. The following write up from Dave Gault provides an excellent description of what...
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