AoA All.. I was curious if anyone in this group has built a telescope himself/herself. As I was reading on site of group, its certainly an agenda point to...
Where did you get hold of these lenses, specially the 1333mm. What is the aperture size. rgds Irfan ... From: Adnan A. Yazdani [mailto:pakiboy86@...] ...
High focal length lenses are rather reasy to obtain. You can get 1 diopter and less (1000 mm and above) lense from any optician. Its a fact that these are not...
I think the opticians only have small aperture lenses suited for spectacles. Such a small aperture will not gather any light to give you a resonable image...
AoA. Where in Pakistan can somebody purchase a telescope from, if available at all. Especially in Islamabad and Lahore. If so then what kind of scopes do they...
Hello Adnan, First regarding the telescope making - making the mount is the tricky part!, but you have to make do with your own innovations in this. The hand...
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Nov 13, 2003 6:16 am
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Leonids are here again! I don't know whether they will be visible in Pakistan or not.But they would be visible in China.So lets get try our luck with the sky! ...
but you wont try it under city sky, would you..any plans then?? umair ... From: "Waqas Ahmed Qazi" <waqastro@...> To: <astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com> ...
Umair Asim
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Nov 14, 2003 7:17 am
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Umair - what about you 16 inch scope? When are you going to invite us for its first light? Omer ... From: Umair Asim [mailto:uasim@...] Sent: Friday,...
Omer Bin Abdul Aziz
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Nov 14, 2003 7:58 am
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Leonids should be visible in Pakistan. The Sehri time on 18 November might be the right time to view them (I'm not sure though). I have never seen any shower...
Islamabad's sky is quite clear.If its not cloudy,they should be visible. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with...
it was raining in lhr last night and still no sky is visible..by the way i don't have strong hopes of good leonids observing from lhr..though islamabad can be...
Umair Asim
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Nov 17, 2003 4:22 am
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A 16-INCH SCOPE????? That's news! Nasir ... From: Omer Bin Abdul Aziz To: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:51 PM Subject:...
ASAK Anyone here interesting in writing something on the Leonid Shower for PakSEF's Monthly e-digest which is due to launch on Jan 1st 2004 ? Thanks ...
omer is a wonderful writer..i am sure he would write something. umair ... From: Abdulrahman Rafiq To: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November...
Umair Asim
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Nov 18, 2003 9:27 am
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and whats that.. "the moving finger writes and having written .." ... From: Umair Asim [mailto:uasim@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:33 PM To:...
Omer Bin Abdul Aziz
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Nov 18, 2003 10:00 am
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see this is what he does best! umair ... From: Omer Bin Abdul Aziz To: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:53 PM Subject: RE:...
Umair Asim
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Nov 18, 2003 1:00 pm
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hahaha, nice one. By the way, nice work you guys are doing. I previously thought LAST had seized to exist. Good to see some active movement in the group. Jawad...
Ok.. now to the leonids. We did not plan anything for leonids this year. I am not sure how the 18th night was.. did anyone make an observation? Asim - has...
Omer Bin Abdul Aziz
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Nov 19, 2003 3:42 am
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ok sounds good. Also it be nice if you can send us some details about LAST and any upcoming events or latest news you may have now or for the future feel free...
One of my friends was in the hospital and I had to stay the night with him. Stayed out for almost an hour in the cold. Didn't get a glimpse of even a single...
i saw one..i saw one..i saw one!!! umair ... From: Nasir Raza Awan To: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Re:...
Umair Asim
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Nov 19, 2003 2:26 pm
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Leo minor is right. But Leo does not rise till Sehri. And besides we don't have to look straight at Leo. Meteors can pop up anywhere in the sky.. only their...
Omer Bin Abdul Aziz
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Nov 20, 2003 3:45 am
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Infact,it is advised not to look directly at Leo minor,because Leonids only appear to originate from there,and trails would not be visivle near Leo. Umair,I...
wonderful! give us the detailed description of that waqas. Also there is an international meteor organisation and you can send your report on their Fireball...
Umair Asim
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Nov 20, 2003 4:36 am
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I saw one too... I saw one too.... !!!! Leonids were supposed to reach their final peak on Nov 19 17:00 UT (10:00 PM PST). I went outside at 9:30 PM....