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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...
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Hello Andrew, and welcom to the group. This is a link to the NASA eclipse page which will provide you with all the details about the upcoming eclipse. ...
Hi Andrew, It has been very quiet of late. It picks up sporadically when its been clear for a few nights, but of late we've had very few. Regards, Austin...
Hi , I was out at the weekend it was actually patchy for a spell. The viewing was poor but I could still view Saturn and make out the sphere and its ring ...
Hi Andrew Mars is getting very small now even for our telescopes. Its disc is less than 8 arc seconds in diameter and getting smaller. I have a 6" Newtonian ...
HI Simon Many thanks for the advice I had been playing around with some software called starry night and noticed that Mars was closer at the end of last year...
Hi Andrew, ...sent my heart thumping when I first realised I could make it out... Have you looked at M42 in Orion yet? (in the middle of the sword, just below...
Hi all, Finding myself looking after the young one on Friday night, he wanted to watch a DVD, so I looked outside and observed a rarity, 90% clear and time on...
Hi everyone The meeting on Thursday evening will be a Telescope Workshop! If you have a telescope (old or new) and want to get some advice and opinions about...
Hi all, There is a new Sky at night program on BBC4 tonight at 10:35 if the clouds prevents you going out observing ;-) Also at 7:00 on the same channel, The...
Hi all, Some years ago, when I was actively looking to take up the hobby seriously and contemplating buying a telescope, one of the first things I did was to...
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