David you may get a phone call from a chap that visited last night with the school he was asking about bringing a group up that he belong to, He said they...
A reasonably bright supernova well placed in northern sky - SN2011B discovered 2011/01/07.431 by Koichi Itagaki; Masaki Tsuboi Found in NGC 2655 at R.A. =...
For these two months I have put together two basic observing lists, one relating to the moon and one for deep space. As the moon is quite a large list I have...
Paper copies of the moon tasks can be found on the new table at the front of the lecture theatre. These are really good for those who are interestedin learning...
The floor slab for the new dome has now been laid and work has now started on the blocklaying. Paul hopes to get to window sill height by the end of this week,...
Hello, From this Friday we are going to begin to have lessons for those interested, on the telescopes and planetarium. At present I have: - Dave, Rob, Justyn,...
Message for Kathleen - (currently on a Northern Lights Cruise) Keep you eyes peeled in 2/3 days time: EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE: Sunspot 1158 has just...
At 7:30 whether clear or not, it would be good for those who began working on a specific telescope or in the planetarium to have another practise. if it is...
A link to a New York Times article describing the experience to be had at the planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science follow a $9 million refurbishment. ...
Don't tell the weather man, but we are going to try a messier marathon again. The suggested date is March 5th - we have a group using the theatre, but David...
IMPACT! A CME hit Earth's magnetic field at approximately 0100 UT on Feb. 18th (8:00 pm EST on Feb. 17th). The impact was not as strong as expected considering...
Here is a little video showing remote access imaging , Four of us were at the NLO saturday 19-2-11 imaging the sun in the afternoon then onto deep space and...
More on Hickson Compact Groups of Galaxies: A free downloadable catalogue and atlas: http://www.reinervogel.net/pdf/Hickson.pdf More about Paul Hickson: ...
A very busy open evening with 196 visitors. A very good evening, nice and clear, we finished imaging and finally went to sleep around 4:20. So it was a...
