Hello All, I hope you all had a good summer and managed to get to do some astronomy. You should have received the mail shot with the new programme and renewal ...
Hi All, This is the e-mail I mentioned in the pub after the last meeting. Remember, they haven't actually collided anything yet... The videos are good... ...
Hi, Why give the nutters even more air time than they already have. We may as well be discussing the scientific discipline astrology. As for the BBC etc why...
Hi Paul I've decided to buy a radio telescope to get around the cloud issues. I wonder if Meade does a portable one that works off a 12 volt battery? Trevor ...
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Sep 12, 2008 4:34 pm
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and the weather forecast for the next two weeks is :-) Yes more rain !! must be getting easier to get the forecast right nowadays cloud and rain and you can't...
I don't know what forecast you are looking at but both the Met Office and the BBC have it dry until at least Wednesday. Even managed a look at the Sun today -...
don't count your chickens. They will change their minds again and have rain :-) Tonight might be clear and guess what full moon!! Owen ... Owen Brazell...
Yes, and of course I had to go out. Missed a few hrs of clear sky on Thurs too as have been at a conference - arghhh! With our luck, something else will...
From about 10:30 to 12:30 I was driving down to visit some relatives and noticed the daytime gibbous Moon visible, slowly setting. Then, while driving back at...
Hi Stephen Yes. If you think about it, the moon is crossing high overhead in daylight when in Gemini (and neighbouring constellations) at the moment, as the...
Doesn't it depend on the phase of the Moon? - when it's near New then it travels near the Sun and so is above the horizon for longer in the summer, and is low...
I looked this up and found out some terminology. Where the moon is in the sky and how high it gets is related to the sidereal month, whereas the phase is...
Got the e-mail with 2 minutes to spare and saw it through binoculars. There appeared to be a second fainter object about 15 station lengths away from the main...
Hello All, We have (weather permitting) or first observing session on either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of next week (29/9 to 2/10). Please call my mobile ...
Hi, I am new to the society (I attended the beginners session a couple of weeks ago) and was wondering: - Why are the observing sessions taking place...
Alan, Days. The sessions are aimed at Mondays, the same as the meeting or the beginners sessions, but it depends on skies of course, hence the optional days ...
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Sep 29, 2008 8:47 am
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just an update here. The observing sessions move around so we get a moon session and a deep space session. For some reason we have chosen to go to Abbey...
Hello Alan, The idea of the observing sessions is to go out on the first clear night. We only go out one of the three nights. By doing this we maximize our...
There WILL be an observing session tonight (1/10/08). I won't be there (long day today!) but Trevor Pit and Julian Moles will be there from 8:00PM onwards. ...
Short report on the observing evening. Disappointing attendance, but probably normal for a 2-day delay for weather. Chris (150 mm reflector), Julian,(80 mm...
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Oct 2, 2008 3:10 pm
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Hi All I managed to see Venus for the first time this apparition on Friday evening. It was very very low (about 3 degrees) in the south west at 07.00pm BST,...
Hello All, Our next main meeting is on the 13th October 2008. Mike Frost of the Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomical Society will be coming to give a talk ...
Hi Ian, Don't think I'll have anything ready for this month, hopefully will have something for next month. Cheers Paul ... give a talk ... piece ... has an...
Hi Bob, Yes, I saw it too. It was much higher in Crete and visible for at least an hour after sunset - very bright in the west. And of course, with a sea...
Hello, I was wondering what software you guys use. I was aware of Celestia, but somehow never really got into it. However, today, I have found out about...
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