Hello All, Just a reminder that our next meeting is Monday 8th October when we have Dr Andrew Norton, coming to give us talk on 'Exoplanets and how to find ...
Hello All, Meant to add this to my last email and forgot. The Abingdon Fair is on next week, so if you come through the centre of Abingdon to get to us allow...
A TV production company seems keen to help you get a discount on a new telescope purchase. If you are interested in taking part, let me know and I'll forward...
Hi All, A couple of piccies taken with a Pentax 75 refractor (D=75mm, F=500) and a Art11002 CCD. First is the double cluster in LRGB. L was 20 mins and the...
Paul, Thanks again for your images! And just a bit of publicity for the Opera Browser http://www.opera.com/ it allows me to easily scale these images at 20% to...
This came around today. In true university-forwarded-email style, there are only 7 days left until the application deadline. Still, I thought there was the...
There will be NO observing evening tonight. Prospects are that Wednesday night will be our best chance for a full night of observing. ...Watch this space!...
Looks rather like the sky from Namibia. I could actually see by star light, the Moon being way below the horizon. The sky was so dark and the stars so bright...
Hi Julian, Sorry I couldn't make it - how did it go? Andrew. ======================================== Message Received: Oct 17 2007, 06:33 PM From: "Julian...
Observing List for Marguerite, Dave, Rod and others As requested, just to recap the targets seen last night: With Trevor a. Albeiro in Cygnus Binary Star at...
Pitt, Trevor
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Oct 18, 2007 3:35 pm
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Hello All, The new FAS Astro Calendars have arrived and will be available from the next beginners meeting, price £2-50. Very good value for money, they give...
The next Beginners Meeting is on Monday 22nd October at 8.00pm in the Perry Room of the Church Hall. Subjects to be covered include buying your first...
Hello Andrew, The observing session went well, thanks. We had a turn out of 9, which was less than I expected, however we were blessed with a nice clear sky...
There has been a spectacular brightening of a comet that should be very faint. It is well placed in Perseus. The Moon will be a problem for a few days but ...
And we get a week of cloud forecast :-( Owen ... Owen Brazell And we get a week of cloud forecast :-( Owen At 18:16 24/10/2007 +0100, you wrote: There has been...
Trust me not to bring my binocs on holiday, but then it*s cloudy here in Normandy anyway I hope there*s a gap in the clouds in Blighty. It sounds really good...
Gwyneth Hueter
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Oct 25, 2007 5:06 pm
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Someone suggested I look at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/10775326.htmlNot the most photogenic of comets: Has anyone seen it in Blighty? ...
Gwyneth Hueter
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Oct 26, 2007 10:53 am
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Hi Julian, Sorry, yes, it should be November. Yes the 5th November is binfire night. There should be quite a few shooting stars that night then! Cheers, ...
Not a chance - solid cloud as far as the eye can see. Looks like it will remain like this through the weekend at least. The comet may not be photogenic but,...
The only UK image I have seen is on The Astronomer web site at HYPERLINK "http://www.theastronomer.org/comets.html"http://www.theastronomer.org/comet s.html...
Well I am afraid that I am rather sad so I got up at 2:45 and as reward got a view of the comet through high clouds. Using the 10x42IS binoculars the comet was...
Hey Owen, I also saw it. I viewed it in my 8x30 binoculars and then got out my 80mm refractor. As a result I am knackered today!! However I did get to have a...
PS. Quite a few people have mention it having a 'yellow' colour/ cast, including Owen, but I must add I failed to see any obvious colour in it? May be it was...
It's nicely clear out there at present in case anyone hasn't realised the weather has finally let up! The comet is obvious naked eye and in my 15x70's...
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