Hi everyone It's just after 11.30pm and there seems to be an extensive noctilucent cloud display towards the north. The twilight is still fairly bright but it...
... noctilucent ... bright ... What time of night do you call this to be up at?? I looked out at 10:30 and decided to go to bed as there appeared to be thick...
Hi all, In light of the recent announcement, that Pluto's two small moons have been christened Nix and Hydra, the Horizon program on BBC2 at 21:00 tonight,...
Hi everyone I took some pictures of the Sun this afternoon and there is a nice, large, round sunspot visible. I was observing with my 10 inch F5 Dobsonian...
Hi everyone It was forecast for rain this evening but when it didn't come and the sky cleared somewhat..out came the Dob for the first time in more than 2...
Hi Adrian I popped out too, more taken by surprise. Set up for some wide field shots with my 180mm f/2.8, but got only 2 shots of 150s each of the North...
Hi everyone I have uploaded a finder chart for Comet Barnard to the files area of the Yahoo group. Also, my SkyTools software calculates the optimum time to ...
Hi everyone! I just received a newsletter from New Scientist with an article about proposed planet definition - which you probably already know about. For...
Hi everyone On Saturday I decided to do a bit of maintenance on the Dobsonian. It hadn't seemed to be performing well this year - and I thought it might be ...
Adrian Is your light pollution this poor? Back garden at Cramlington. _____ From: nastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adrian...
Hi Barry, Not quite as bad as that. The saving grace I've got is a coalhouse next to the back door blocking the streetlight out. The disadvantage is a...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the nastro group: What do you think of the IAU's re-definition of "Planet" (see...
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Adrian Next time I am out in the garden observing will take photo of my attempt to block this streetlight. It works quite well and may be useful for others ...
Barry If the lamp posts are of the "thin" galvanized type try giving it a severe shaking and the bulb should go out as the sensor thinks it's being attacked....
Adrian Jannetta <adrianjannetta@...> wrote: st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Hi everyone On Saturday I decided to do a...
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Hi everyone' Just taken advantage of a clear night in Westerhope with the telescope. Set the scope outside at 9pm to cool down and began observing at 10pm. ...
Hi everyone I took advantage of the clear sky last night and drove to the Nature Reserve to do some observing. As always, I had my 10" F5 Dobsonian and it was...
Adrian I will have to find out how the Mark 1 eyeball works! I spent two hours struggling with half a gale before I packed in imaging for the night, I suppose...
Thanks Tim Unfortunately these lamps are of the concrete post kind. However, out last night observing and attach photo of my effort to reduce this sodium...
Hi Barry Love the hi-tech approach....usually works the best!!! Regards....Tim ... From: Barry Curtis To: nastro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006...
Saw this interesting image on the Hubble website: http://tinyurl.com/ldor6 A solar eclipse seen for the first time on the planet Uranus. I ran a simulation...
Hi, I've just joined this group following a recommendation by Keith Howlett at a lecture he recently gave to the Newcastle society. A number of our members are...
Hi David and welcome to our group. Please feel free to share your thoughts and observations on anything astronomical. It's been a few years since I last...
Hi everyone Just read about a comet which could potentially be a binocular object in the evening sky next month. The comet was discovered on SOHO/SWAN images...
Hi everyone Just a reminder that there will be a partial lunar eclipse on Thursday evening; it will be in progress as the moon rises over the eastern horizon. ...
Hello everyone Myself and Emma drove to Druridge Bay to watch the eclipse tonight. Had a fantastically clear view of whole thing - a small bite taken from the...
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