Faith you are right in your belief that this is NOT a public outreach event. I have not seen the CP yet but it sounds like there has been an unfortunate...
Hi John, I have seen the article and have spoken to some people also and the mistake and its origins are very clear. This is not a public outreach event, the...
Thanks Bill, that does clear it up. Well, it's nearly upon us now. I was going to be there Friday and Saturday, but it'll now be Saturday and Sunday, maybe...
Hi, I have updated the website, to include some last minute details, such as breakfasts are now available, prices for the Needles visit and the updated...
Thursday & Sunday Nights are forecast for broken cloud. (We won't mention Friday & Saturday but it can still change) As for Monday when I will be returning to...
Hi Faith It really depends which forcast you look at, I've seen all sorts of predictions for the coming weekend. It is important to note that this forum is...
Blimey, that's me put in my place then. I posted that in all good faith and to be described as a doom monger and naysayer is insulting. Not happy. ... people ...
We've made the Telegraph..... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/03/08/scistar108.xml (Or go to www.telegraph.co.uk...
Hi All, I cannot begin to express my thanks to Stephen and Bill for their rescue work on Thursday - much appreciated! (for those that missed the fun, Thursday...
Hi All, Firstly, a huge Thank You to Lucy, Stephen and Bill for organising the IoW Star Party - Great Jobs Guys!! I've just got home, having had to come home a...
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The following tickets won prizes in the raffle: 1. Lanthanum Eyepiece (Kindly donated by Orion Optics) Ticket 80 2. Binoculars 15x70 (Kindly donated by BC&F)...
Just for interest on the Sunday night in between the clouds the sky was much darker than Friday with an SQM reading of around 21.05. For an interpretation of...
The Phillips 'Dark Sky Map' which is a higher resolution of the Google Earth version on the SAGAS web site shows the SW of the Island as being in the 3rd ...
Great weekend folks,big thanks to Lucy, Steve and Bill for all their effort,site was very good,dark and plenty of space to spread out, accomodation very good...
Thanks for all the thanks, I am glad everyone seems to have had a good time. I for one managed to fill my twenty one hour days with good observing, great...
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Nice 1 Bill - good report, nice pics :) Cheers, Richie...
Nice picture and some clarification. Although I believe I saw the pup it was on Friday night as dusk fell with the 20". Not even the Americans would claim it...
Owen, Thanks for the correction re the Pup, in my head I managed to mix up the conversation about the observation which I heard on the Sunday with the...
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry and sorry. In my fuddle headedness I never updated on of the place holders I had left in the Star Party report I submitted. I refer...