We will be at the NLO from 15:00h this afternoon to view the Venus occultation. The weather looks settled with clear skies forecast. The Moon will eclipse...
I have 1256 frames captured of the exit and have made a video onto DVD disk I will bring in on Friday , remeber it's no hollywood block buster... Steve...
David, I just remebered did you see in this months magazine they are putting together a diary of events for IAY and asking for societies to send in any they...
See oblong photo I just published in my folder I had a particulary very good night last night 6th Dec, will post pis later but I decided to take my Fuji...
... Hi Steve, How solid was the camera on the tripod? It could possibly be slight camera shake during the exposure. It would be only the bright star that...
Hi David, it was solid on the tripod scale is probably due to me cutting each one out, I will upload the original shots, I used a 2 second timer so the camera...
Hi Steve Just had a look at your photos then went to starry night and it showed Cosmos 1536 passing within 4 minutes of Procyon at 00.59.55secs on Sunday 7th. ...
... I think a satellite would have covered a greater distance in the time between the first and last exposure and as the shots were 15sec at 2 sec intervals, a...
Hi David I have uploaded the original photos to the 3D folder, the camera shake theory sounds promising , but there is a bright star to the right which doesn't...
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I just posted a pic from the 15th This was in the region of the Horsehead nebula seeing was abismal but I noticed only on the second frame this perfectly...
... Hi Steve, Probably an imperfection in your chip. The line is excatly parallel to the pixel column. Although it appears bright there are other segments of...
Hi David, yes your right now you come to mention it, flat fielding is my next adventure, making a light box to use for both the 8 inch and 6 inch generaly the...
Scotland to have the UKs first accredited deep sky park as part of the IYofA. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/23/astronomy-galloway-dark- sky-park...
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I got a new hat and scarf for Christmas, specially for observing, so we decided to try them out last night. Very clear in bridport. Got good views of M35, M36,...
