Hi all, Last night was beautifully clear, but partying hard and work had took its toll this late in the week, so I opted for the Bino's. The view of the Milky...
Hi everyone Another beautiful night last night and had the 10" Dob outside cooling from about 9pm. Started observing from my back garden after 10pm with the...
Last night I got back from a break in London. Limiting magnitude near Kings Cross was about 2.0! Returning to Northumberland it was great to see the Milky Way...
Hi all No moon and a dark autumn sky..... Anyone want to meet up at the Nature Reserve and observe this week? I thought Thursday night after the meeting and...
Hi Adrian and everyone. I am a new member and would very much like to attend. Can you please tell me where and when, I don't know which nature reserve you are...
Hi Angus, Below is a link to a map to the reserve (the duck below Low Hauxley). Make sure you paste it in the address bar as a single line. After coming...
Hi Angus and welcome. Observing nights are a good opportunity to take a look at various telescopes in action if you are thinking of getting one. Best regards, ...
Hi Adrian, I am game ( I could bring along a scope ) Bob Adrian Jannetta <adrian@...> wrote: Hi all No moon and a dark autumn sky..... Anyone want to...
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Cheers Simon In the event of a clear night it would be great if you could show people some nice things through your telescope. Mars will be the focus for the...
Hello everyone I have been observing mars now through my reflector for quite a number of weeks. When a clear sky arises i will go out and observe for half an...
Someone mentioned on this site months ago (cannot remember who) that if you shine a laser tourch at the sensor of a street light in should knock it out....
Hi Martyn Nice Report, I often find that the atmosphere etc makes for poor seeing with Mars, I can usually make out some detail but for my past 2 attempts have...
Hi Simon I think from what I've read that the polar caps disappear as it must be martian summer? So at present I'm not sure that there are any to see. If you...
Marytn, That picture is OK for your first effort. Looking at it properly shows there may be a problem somewhere in your optics. The top right is fringed red...
Hi Austin I'll have to look further into the fringing. It may originate from registax wavelet processing as I've seen other peoples images with a similar...
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Hi everyone I've been playing with a new software toy called Terragen. This is a free tool for generating fractal, photorealistic landscapes. I've combined...
Hello everyone Over the past few weeks I've been experimenting with a webcam for astrophotography. My first attempts at Mars steadily improved as I got used to...
To all Hi there this is my first post as I am a new member to the group. I hope to meet and discuss like minded people who are able to offer advice and support...