Advance notice....... There are two nice grazing occultations coming up on the first weekend in May. The first is on Friday 1 May at 9.30pm. It is of a mag 7.8...
***Pluto downgraded again In a surprise announcement, the International Astronomical Union said at a news conference Tuesday that Pluto -- the one-time planet...
I think the date says it all... Joe H From: CADG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CADG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John H Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 11:43 To:...
Hi This one may be a bit over the top in terms of coloration for some people but it does show a lot of detail in the nebula which is what this type of image is...
Dear people who were at Sidewalk Astronomy, Thank you very much for the superb effort you put into making last night a huge success. It was, I think, the...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 5, 2009 1:11 am
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There will be a short grab about our Saturday night effort on WIN news tonight. VF...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 6, 2009 1:06 am
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Because of the public holidays this Friday and Monday, the hard copy B&W version of "Southern Cross" cannot be mailed out before Tuesday morning. This means...
G'day everybody We received the following email last week, notifying us of a public lecture and begging assistance afterwards. This is the Friday after our NMA...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 14, 2009 2:24 am
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Hi to all Here's one I've been working on for a while and was finally able to finish off during some good conditions on Friday and Saturday nights. Cheers ...
A reminder / advance notice... On Saturday May 2 there is a good grazing occultation observable from northern Tuggeranong. The circumstances are: Moon: 56%...
Evening All, Following on the suggestion of a well known member with self- confessed short-term memory loss, here is a reminder about tomorrow night...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 21, 2009 9:19 am
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Hi to all As usual, I can never leave an image once I've posted it. I think this version of M83 has a more natural look than the first one. Cheers Steve ...
G'day all Following on my suggested observing spot for the Nov 13, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse, which I mentioned at the last meeting, I have been talking to the...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 22, 2009 6:52 am
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... Hi Dave, good to see you the other night. Resilvering is fairly easy: buy some silver nitrate and do it yourself. However, I assume that your work...
Yes indeed.....please keep me posted on any aluminising (or is it aluminiumising?) develeopments. I have a 16" which is pretty desperate for a new coating. We...
Jack Child
jack.child@...
Apr 23, 2009 4:56 am
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... Count me in. I have two mirrors that need a new coating. Vello...
Hi everyone, Well, what to say about last night's gigantic effort other than a huge thanks to all of you who came along and helped. The estimated attendance is...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 23, 2009 8:03 am
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Roger Davis of Bintel has suggested that the Ast. Society of Victoria has done aluminising in the past. I'm following up on this and trying to get a bit more...
Jack Child
jack.child@...
Apr 23, 2009 9:14 am
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Hi Kim and Vince. Jane and I would love to see the Eclipse with you guys and would like to book a family room at the Amaroo resort (preferably with an ocean...
G'day Joe Good to have you on board. The next vital step is for you to ring Amaroo and give them your credit card details so they can take $190 from you.......
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 24, 2009 4:08 am
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OOPS!!!! Obviously retirement is beginning to affect my cognitive centres. I shamefacedly have to admit that I have miscalculated the time of the Nov 13, 2012...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 27, 2009 9:41 pm
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Hi Joe Sorry, I stuffed up the calculation of the eclipse date. It is actually on Nov 14 (22h UT +10 = 8h the next day...... Do you want to contact Amaroo with...
Rawlings and Ford
kimvince@...
Apr 27, 2009 9:44 pm
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Hi Vince, Oops! I should have looked and checked as well ! If you are in contact with them, please ask to slide the dates by a day. I have paid my deposit...
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