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...
Bill Waddle
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Feb 8, 2006 1:44 pm
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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...
Managed to get a couple of decent photos of the moon last night. Hopefully they will be attached to this image but if not I'll upload them to the files area of...
Hi everyone There will be an observing session on Wednesday morning at the Nature Reserve for anyone wishing to see the solar eclipse. First Contact: 10:54am ...
Bottom of the following page: http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_29mar06.htm Taken with my telescope and digital camera. Orange colour added for ...
Hi everyone Metcheck have got a useful astronomy tool on their website - a cloud predictor! http://www.metcheck.com/ Click on Cloudwatcher on the menu. Adrian...
They also do quite a good Astronomy forecast. By the bye does anyone use the paid for service and how much does it cost? I use Weatheronline and I think it was...
Hi everyone The sky was clear last night so I was out in the garden with my telescope when the sky finally got dark. The primary goal of the session was to...
Hi all, I've been busy this weekend, so haven't had the scope out, and have not had a chance to look for the comet. I have to be honest though I thought it was...
At the moment the comet is well placed in the evening sky (somewhat to the east of the brilliant orange star Arcturus). By the time of closest approach (early...
Nice clear night last night so I tried to get Schwassmann-Wachmann 73P. I used an old Nikor 180mm f/2.8 for a 28min exposure in 14 subs.There are two fragments...
Hi There, Could someone tell me when the next Nastro meeting will be held please? I did attend one a few weeks ago but have only just managed to get my ...
Austin, Will that be a workshop evening going outside etc, or will it be one of the class nights with the theoretical presentation and questions. Regards ...
Hi John Thanks for posting those incredible images of 73P! I think the brighter fragment is C (the fainter one is B). Fragment B has ruptured into at least...
Andrew, Adrian was thinking of doing a short "What's on in the night sky" presentation followed by a quiz (possibly giving away the stuff NASA sent a few weeks...
Hi everyone On Thursday night at Hauxley Nature Reserve there will be two presentations. The first will be a DVD presentation of Brian Greene's Elegant...
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