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Dec 3, 2006 2:45 am
Reminder from the Calendar of NLO_Observers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NLO_Observers/cal Lunar Occultation of the Pleiades Monday December 4, 2006 2:45 am...
From Jonathan Shanklin (BAA Comet Section director): Comet 2006 P1 (McNaught) is a "new" comet from the Oort cloud on its first pass through the inner solar...
Thanks for the 'heads up' David. Always exciting when a new comet appears; its a pity this one won't be a little higher in the sky :-( ... at 17:00....
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Dec 10, 2006 7:25 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of NLO_Observers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NLO_Observers/cal NLO Members Xmas Lecture Monday December 11, 2006 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm...
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NLO_Observers@yahoogr...
Dec 12, 2006 7:28 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of NLO_Observers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NLO_Observers/cal Geminid Meteor Shower Wednesday December 13, 2006 7:30 pm - 12:30...
John & Co, Sorry was not able to join you last night, but I had my daughter here and each time we looked out of the window there was thick cloud! Stayed up...
Just thought I would start the ball rolling with a discussion on the forum. How about knocking about with a few ideas on improving our friday evenings. With so...
Although not a particularly active shower, the rates may be stronger this year and the maximum conveniently occurs at 19:30h on Friday to coincide with our...
... A little more. Broadband connection now very useful. I have e-mailed Andy Newsam re NLO subscription to the Liverpool Telescope, so will soon have the use...
Interested to read your ideas for Fridays - David, John. My requirements are pretty basic as I have little or no equipment of my own ! My interests are deep...
Just to let you know we have just been given approval to have use of the 2-metre Liverpool Telescope and have just been sent the passwords to access this...
... Steve, I am not given the option for editing posts, I can only delete them which I have now done. I wondered why three red hot chillis appeared in my email...
Just noticed (using Starry Night) that the International Space Station passes 6 degrees above Pleiades at 22.03 tonight. Not close enough to get them in the...
Dear John I like the idea of having structured Friday evenings but would not like to see the Observer's group fragmented into different sections. My particular...
With regards to structuring Friday meets. I am particularly interested in learning about astro-imaging. If something is arranged along these lines - please...
... Steve and Kathleen, We have just received back our first requested image from the Liverpool Telescope which was galaxy NGC 2487. I'll show how the system...
I regret that Man-flu has grounded me this evening so I'd like to take this opportunity instead to wish you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year :-) Steve...
The following extracted from the latest BAA ECirc....that you may care to join in... "If the sky is clear, without obvious haze, on any of the nights between ...
From Universe today: the European Southern Observatory has decided to give their web servers and bandwidth a real workout with their latest photo release. But...
Swirls of gas and dust reside in this ethereal-looking region of star formation imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This majestic view of LH 95, located...
The year 2006 was one of things lost and found. The solar system lost its former ninth planet and NASA lost a long-serving Mars probe, but scientists found...
Hi Steve Thanks for 'The year in astronomy'. We've printed it to look at later. Wishing you the best in 2007 Derek and Elizabeth ... === message truncated === ...
Comet McNaught has now been seen visually at mag 3.9 at 3.5 deg above the western horizon by observers in Poland and Norway. It is brightening faster than...
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