Hi All Technically, I can now say I have seen comet Lulin - it wasn't a very good view though. I went out observing this morning, and thought I'd wait until...
I bought a copy of Rod Mollise's book "The Urban Astronomer's Guide" [isbn 9781846282164]. In this book he suggests that aperture is used to increase contrast...
Thanks for the info. It's good that nothing clashes with an AAS night! On Saturday the museum hosted a mirror-grinding demo by the Camden telescope making...
Hi Jonathan, Sorry for not replying sooner. Thanks for the compliment about my photo. Although I would have liked to have photographed them the day before...
Hi again Jonathan, I think you have received some good answers from other members, but should you like, I can photocopy an article from this month's Sky and...
Hi Julian Thanks for offering to do that, but I should be OK now. I think one of the reposnders gave a very precise answer, basically the kind of scopes I'm...
Hi Jonathan, For Orion USA products you can purchase them from retailers in the UK like SCS Astro : http://www.scsastro.co.uk/index.shtmlI'm not sure if they...
Thanks for that Owen. These sentiments reflect some comments I got from a cloudynights forum. There are plenty of advocates who have great experiences with...
Owen, I was refering to "Orion USA" (www.telescope.com) as opposed to "Orion Optics" (UK), who I know you aren't keen on. Did you realise that ? To:...
Hello All, Just a reminder that our next meeting is this Monday (9th Februry) when Dr. P. Irwin from Oxford University is coming to give us a talk on Cassini...
Hi every one, Just got round to processing M42 that I collected on the TMB just after Christmas, its my first attempt at it, the core as bit over exposed and I...
Very nice Cliff! I really like NGC2244 best. I also like M42, but it looks strange to me. I mean that the bottom and right parts look darker. Almost as if you...
thanks for the coments Alan you may be right as it is composite image, the core was captured with much shorter exposures in order to show the trapezieum and...
In case anyone here still hasn¹t heard of this, go here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7894071.stm then go here and decide if you want to sign up: ...
News of another eclipse tour. The missing pdf can be downloaded from the operator's website. Chris ... Subject: CHINA ECLIPSE 2009. Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009...
yes. Unfortunately the long range forecasts suggest no breaks in the cloud until at least next Tuesday and by then the moon will be in the way. I think because...
Shame about the cloud clearing after the end of the observing sessions, but flexibility is the key and an alarm clock. I had a good look at Lulin last week in...
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fascinating and shows how the weather varies over very short distances. I was up until Midnight in Faringdon and it never broke at all. We have had complete...
Owen, you missed the Alarm clock bit - I worked out that the frontal clearance would be around 02:00 so set the alarm for that time and it was clear. It was...
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