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...
Hi all, I managed to watch it from home in Newcastle, from about 7:50 Because it was so low in the sky, the whole thing was tinged pale orange. A beautiful...
Hello, ... Jules and I watched from Seaham Beach, south of Sunderland. A wonderful sight. There are two pictures over on the Newcastle AS web site under...
Hello fellow astronomers! It was another clear evening last night so I set the telescope up outside the back door and did a bit of observing between 9.30pm and...
Adrian, Another good report, I hadn't realised double stars could be so much fun ;-) Maybe I should show more enthusiasm for them as it only seems to be clear...
Austin's right to mock...for some reason I keep writing "Rigel Quickfinder" in my posts when in fact I've got an "EZ-Finder Reflex Sight" (see link below)...
Hi All Like Adrian and Austin (and thanks to using their finders) I also use the EZ finder. I got mine from ebay and paid about £15 ish. I have said it...
Hi all, Its good to hear the converts are still spreading the word! I initially bought mine out of the frustration of not being able to locate objects easily...
Hi all, Just to let those that missed the talk on Thursday night know that the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh will be holding an open day at the end of this...
Hi all, this is an observing report from last night. The mid-morning forecast for the day ahead showed that there would be a hole in the cloud over the North...
The following nastro poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What do you think of the IAU's re-definition of "Planet" (see...
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Hi everyone After the rain cleared yesterday night there was clear period after about 10pm. I went outside for a bit with the Society's 15x50 image stabilised...
Hi all, I didn't notice it was clear until about 23:00, while locking the house up. There was a lot less cloud than there had been the previous evening and it...
I splashed out and bought a Canon 200mm f/2.8 to go with the newly modded 20D. This always guarantees clouds but last night cleared up after the heavy rain to...
Well done John, another cracking photo! Adrian _____ From: nastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of napier58 Sent: 19 September 2006...
Hi all, Observing report - 21st September 2006 The seeing last night was markedly poorer than the previous observing session of 17/09, and the wind was...
Hi Folks, Having just joined this forum, I notice things are a bit quiet at the moment. It could be that we don't report observing clouds!! So I'm asking for...
Hi Rob, A couple of points, I think you may be mixing your achromatic and aprochromatic's The ED scopes (using Extra dispersive glass) are designed to be ...
Thanks for the advice Austin.... Yes I did get my Apo and Achro mixed up....the bit I always remember is that one (with ED glass), aperture for aperture,...
g1tpo <Rob@...> wrote: Thanks for the advice Austin.... Yes I did get my Apo and Achro mixed up....the bit I always remember is that one...
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Hi everyone A few days ago (Friday I think) me and Emma were out for walk late in the evening. The moon was almost full and shining through gaps in rain...
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