Happy New Year everyone. Let's hope for some decent weather while the nights are still dark. Just for interest, I had about 60 nights last year when I could do...
Metcheck.com is showing 100% cloud cover with light rain and yet there is not a single cloud in the sky :-) I saw Venus at about 1.20pm with 15x50 binoculars;...
Hi Adrian I use Weather on Line, Metcheck and Accuweather as well as NMM22, which appears to be down at the moment. Very rarely do they agree. I built myself a...
I've just returned from Druridge Bay where I saw the moon rise and Venus shining through the clouds lurking over the western horizon. Unfortunately those...
A couple of months ago I bought a Skywatcher 80ED to replace my old Skywatcher 100. I have posted a few images obtained during the last few weeks taken with it...
Wow John - some beautiful images there. Adrian _____ From: nastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Sent: 04 January 2007 21:49...
Adrian, ... Same experience down here, I'm afraid. :( ... What did you use for the 'Space Art' pictures? Looks like Bryce? ... Same here, sleet, snow, wind,...
Adrian, ... Used to be a major 3D landscape application, mostly on the mac platform. Great for weird stuff. ... I have Terragen here but it takes time to get...
I'll see if I can take a look at Bryce. I should also point out that all of those images were done with the old version of Terragen (v0.9). The software has...
Sorry to but in here guys, but; Adrian, were those stunning 'scapes completely artificial? If they are , I am absolutely stunned! They are amazing, I was not...
Yes, completely artificial. When I was younger I was inspired by the 'proper' artwork of David Hardy, William Kaufmann, Paul Doherty and others. It goes to...
I was looking at the trajectory of the comet over the coming days and weeks. We've got maybe 3 or 4 days where we can realistically expect to see the comet...
Hi everyone I spotted Comet McNaught this evening at the second attempt from Druridge Bay. Conditions were much the same as yesterday but I got lucky with the...
Hi guys Got the best view of the comet so far from Druridge Bay. Conditions were much the same as yesterday but I was a little luckier with the positions of ...
Hi Folks, Happy New Year Just been trying some Astro photography... my first attempts have been posted on this site under "Robs Pictures". Just for general...
Hi All Sorry if you already knew this but the Astronomy picture of the day shows comet McNaught in New Zealand, image taken on 17th Jan. It was great to ...
Hi all, this is a link to an excellent free resource if Lunar observing is your thing. http://www.alanchuhk.com/ If you want to download the PDF version, I...
Hi everyone A new comet has been sighted from the southern hemisphere. Comet Lovejoy is currently around 9th magnitude and brightening. It should be an easy ...
Hi Tim Not a good weather forecast for this evening, but fingers crossed it might be clear! 8pm seems a bit early - just half an hour after sunset - might be ...
This is just a correction to what I just wrote because I forgot about the clocks going forward last month when I was looking on SkyMap! Sunset this evening is...
Ahhh Adrian Now thats the advantage of you Dobsonian fellows.....drive up with the car chuck everything out and start observing.....now us Meade men need time...
Hi everyone There will be a general meeting of NASTRO on Thursday May 31st at Hauxley Nature Reserve. I will be giving a presentation called "The Inferior...
Hi all According to Spaceweather (http://www.spaceweather.com/) the Noctilucent Cloud season has begun with a brilliant display over Europe last night. See...
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