Hi,(sorry posted this incorrectly first time) I live in Canberra and have a number of interstate friends who spend a whole lot of money on astronomy and I'm...
The Canberra Ast Soc meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month, at Mt Stromlo - at 8pm. There is a beginners group that meets at 7 or 7.30. The society runs...
Well, there IS the CAS star party every month. That aside, you should be thinking about what you want to do: portability, casual deep sky observing, lunar and...
Jack Child
jack.child@...
May 1, 2008 8:05 am
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A bit more on this graze. The graze path also goes very close to Christchurch in New Zealand - and they are organising to observe the event there as well. So...
I came across this one in Lupus which is in a nice position at the moment. Normally I don't bother with the ESO galaxies because they are too small but I...
C/2007 W1 (Boattini) is currently well placed high in the evening sky, around 7th mag and brightening. It may reach around 4th or 5th mag by mid June if the...
Very nice Steve, it amazes me that we right off galaxies like this, where say half a million are. :) cheers Ross> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 16:25:35 +1000> To:...
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Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 5, 2008 8:08 am
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Here's another object from Lupus taken last night and early this morning. Nothing special - just a globular cluster. Seeing wasn't the best. Cheers Steve ...
JUST ANOTHER GLOBULAR CLUSTER!!!!???????? You mean another beautiful globular cluster :-) Very nice, even if the seeing wasn't great. cheers, Kim...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 5, 2008 9:28 am
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Once again delving into the realm of the faint stuff, here's a hydrogen alpha image of the Ant nebula and the adjacent faint emission nebula RCW102. I can't...
More .......... http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/09/rumor-mill- churns-with-nasas-upcoming-announcement/#comments...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 10, 2008 1:49 pm
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What I find interesting on this issue - what is the reason for handling the announcement in this manner? It is hard to think of a reason based on the science....
Or just cranking the funding handle one more desparate time? 50 years ago puts us back to 1958 or earlier. Thats a little late for planet X, which must have...
Found this on wikipedia linked from article on a dry lake in death valley with rocks that move by themselves. Bascially an almost 360 degree nightshot with...
Hello everyone, DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AND DRESS DAZZLINGLY FOR DINNER! Those who have been to previous dinners know that there are occasional "peculiar" looking...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 13, 2008 9:31 am
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This is nothing to write home about, just the narrowband colour version of my recent Ant nebula shot. It doesn't really reveal any significant detail that...
I know I haven't been to one of these nights for quite a while but, based on what I've seen kids/parents attempt to do to telescopes over the years on these...
... I have no problem with anyone having a look at anything they want to, but would they know how to look at things? Are they all going to be experts? I would...
Hi As I mentioned at last night's meeting the DSCC will be holding an event to mark the hopefully soft landing of Phoenix on Mars which will happen on the...
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Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 16, 2008 8:03 am
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Sorry if this is a bit long, but you can see that it's important....
Hello John, Unfortunately I am required to work today Sunday at the ATO - our team takes turns and I had a week holiday recently - so I'm unable to come Have a...
There is a reasonable asteroid occultation on the evening of 30 May tat is suitable for visual observation. The basic parameters are: Star mag 9.5 Star...
A newly discovered minor planet - 2008 HJ - has just been reported [in CBET 1382] as having the shortest known rotation period of any natural body in the solar...
As previously notified, Phoenix will be landing on Mars on Monday morning. The earliest confirmation of success will be at 9:53am but the first pictures won't...
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Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
May 26, 2008 11:49 am
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Even though people may have already seen this I thought I would post it on the list because it's a really cool picture http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/...
Hi there Still looking - is there any chance that you will consider a downloadable version - its just too hard to get a copy. Cheers Petra The Herald-Bobroff...
