Hi, Well its a D=75mm, F=500 refractor and a D=250mm F=2250mm Orion Optics OMC. The SXV-H9 CCD (16mm chip) + filter wheel is on the refractor and the Art11002...
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Roger Penrose gave a talk to the uni space and astro soc a few years ago. The place was so packed out that a bigger lecture theatre was found and we all...
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... Errr, FWIW, that sounds like a fascinating talk. But I bet he would simplify it for us. Shalom Christian ~~~~~~~~~ Atomyriades Nature, it seems, is the...
Between 19:07 UT and 19:11 UT I had the opportunity to notice a fairly bright parhelion to the south of the sun¹s position over the horizon. My view of the...
Hi all, Here is a fun moon pic from early Sun morning. Taken with a 10" OMC250 (at F=2250mm) and Art11002 35mm format CCD. Its just a single exposure (i.e....
For anyone that would like to; there are a number of chances to see both the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station over the next week. ...
Someone in my office found this. It say the best view is from "the west coast of North America, before dawn on 1 September" but maybe there'll be a few coming...
well spotted Julian I've just come back of holiday and would have missed it cliff ... From: Julian Mole To: abingdonas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August...
No worries, Cliff. Hope you got to see it, I did - despite thin hazy cloud! This was the first time I've seen the shuttle orbiting, 'cause I missed it last...
Hi Julian, Thanks for the tip-off. We left the bar especially and brought some others with us to see the spectacle. Even from the centre of Oxford the ISS was...
Because I don't have a computer at home I use the nasa site for the timings. ISS was very bright last night but I didn't know the shuttle was following just...
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Hi Gwyneth, Here's a link to the Nasa ISS pass times for Oxford - hope this might be of more use to you than Faringdon. ...
"BTW, I think you might find that it's orbit is pretty much constant and that it is we who are moving underneath it as the Earth rotates! :- ) " Thanks Andrew,...
Ah, it also has to go over after sunset (otherwise it would be too bright and you wouldn't see it) but not too late after sunset (otherwise it too would be in...
Hey, I'm seeing this from the Bay of Arcachon France, never seen the ISS so big & bright, missed the shuttle I think because it was lower. Will go down to the...
Hi, For those who aren't aware the Perseid meteors peak tonight - and we may be lucky enough to get a clear night to view them. Click on the following link for...
Hi every one, I managed to capture 1x 500s video frame on friday evening of Endevour after it had docked with the ISS, I used a my astro vid 2000 camera...
Cliff There is an image taken by someone else on the Spaceweather.com page that may help you identify what you have in your image. Good work, by the way. Bob ...
I saw 70 Perseids and 13 non-Perseids in 1 hour 58 minutes (22:08- 00:06 UT), last night. Viewing from the fields behind my house, conditions weren't as good...
Hi Julian, I went out for a short while and saw 14 Perseids and one other between 23:30 and 00:11 UT. Conditions were quite good for Abingdon, clear and with...
Hi Bob, thanks for the space watch site info I did have alook but coud,nt find any ISS & Endeavour images, guess the image still remains a mystery for the time...