Hi Bob, Sorry for not replying earlier. Yes, I did indeed see it and the moon (by leaning out of my bedroom window!), although I didn't realise the Pleaides...
Julian Nice picture, but yes, that's normal cloud as you guessed. Apparently, another good NLC display yesterday morning (see some images in spaceweather.com...
The universe talk is by Joseph Silk of Ox uni.... Gwyneth/ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:54:23 -0400 To: gwhueter@... From: events@... ...
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Hi Paul, just been admiring the animation from Symi, (did you create it in Maxim) ive just got back from a week in Yorkshire did,nt see the milky way up there...
Hi Cliff, As I didn't have to align anything (I didn't move my tripod) I just put it together in photoshop. Created a single image of layers, and then in...
I¹ve talked to someone in Oxford who didn¹t know we existed, and who wants to know how to join AAS. He may not be able to show up at first (I think it¹s...
Hi Plum We will put it down to your age shall we? First port of call should be our website www.abingonastro.org.uk All the information he needs about the...
Lord Groundhog Get him to send a blank email to abingdonas@yahoogroups.com David Rayner http://abingdonwalks.co.uk/ NB what is mathmatically interesting about...
I was at a staff talk by the chief operating officer of STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council, who run Rutherford Laboratory among other things) and...
I was thinking of buying a 80mm doublet refractor, as they seem to be all the rage for astrophotography these days. However, I remain unconvinced that this is...
The usual reason for going for a short focal length scope is that it gives you a wide field. Small refractors fill the role well. The features looked for are ...
Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply and advice, your comments about mounts are interesting. Particularly as what I want to achieve are the 'deepest' deep sky images...
Hi Simon, I like your Trifid Nebula image, even with your short exposure you've managed to pick up the red and the blue nebulosity. As far as scopes for...
Hi Simon, Sorry, just found your reply to Paul - so ignore what I wrote! I wrote that message earlier this evening, but didn't get round to send it until a...
Hi Simon, Having a portable setup is not a bar to doing deep exposures. I used to have to setup all the time for an imaging session and it used to take me...
Hi Julian, Patronise away if you are willing to take the time to answer my questions. Is the difficulty with tracking when working with long focal length...
Hi Paul, I fear you may be right about auto-guiding, except I hoped someone had a 'magic' solution to avoid the need. Autoguiding as well as a problem for...
Hi Simon, Yes you need a mount with an autoguiding port if you are going to do automated autoguiding. You can do manual guding using a recticle eyepiece...
Hi Simon, My 'simple' understanding of it is; that the larger image scale magnifies any tracking errors more, so they are therefore noticeable earlier than...
Hi Julian, I think that was basically what I was saying. I also think I may have finally understood one of the reasons behind the popularity of these small...
Hi Julian, I think that was basically what I was saying. I also think I may have finally understood one of the reasons behind the popularity of these small...
Hi Paul, I think the 3 minutes was a one off lucky strike. Also with a dslr I don't think guiding errors are that obvious, particuarly as my scope never gives...
Hi Simon, The skywatcher pro series seems to be getting pretty popular on the UK imaging forum UKAI. (I'd trust Ian King's opinion on them if you were to buy...
Hi Paul, Thanks for the tip, Ian King was really helpful. He also pointed me in the direction of the short focal length refractor. I think I will get one. I...
Hello everyone, I managed to get an hour on M16 in HA last night with the 80mm f/6 TMB, the target was only 15 degrees from a full moon low down in the murk...
Hi, There have been Sundogs visible from the Abingdon since late afternoon. First spotted them at 5.24pm when in Abingdon and they were still visible a few...
I can see then from Uffington (7:42pm). Maybe one of the few redeeming features of that high-level hazy crap cloud (not the technical term). -Stephen ... ...
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