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...
Hi everyone See Spaceweather.com message below for details of this afternoon's occultation of Venus by the crescent moon. An observer in Northumberland will...
Hi Adrian More chance of seeing the flying pig than the moon this afternoon.....but I'll still be looking!! Could you get Joan to put out a mail to members...
Didn't see first contact because of the weather. Just been outside with the binoculars and after 5 minutes of searching for the Moon among the patchy cloud, I...
Hi all, Just to let you know that the BBC will be screening a new 3 part series all about atoms that may be of interest. Its on BBC4 at 21:00 starting Thursday...
Those of us at Hauxley last Thursday saw a Jovian moon at about 5 o'clock, but rather a long way from the planet. I think the answer is on Spaceweather.com...
... I've had a look and you could be right, although Callisto was a way off from the planet in about that position. We should have had a scope! Just tell...
Hello all - Its short notice, but I found that the EPSC event in Berlin in a couple of weeks' time offers a very, very low registration rate (30€) to...
Hi everyone The peak of the Perseid meteor shower is expected to happen TONIGHT! To coincide with this there will be an observing session from 9.30pm onwards...
.and my mobile number is 07984 154904. Adrian From: nastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Jannetta Sent: 12 August 2007...
Hi everyone, I’m parting with my 10 inch Dobsonian after 6 years of fantastic observing. I’m giving members of our society the chance to make me an offer...
Hi everyone If the sky is clear tonight does anyone fancy meeting up at Hauxley for an observing session? If so, I propose getting there to set up at around 8...
Hi all It's almost been two weeks since Malcolm and Tim collected my Lightbridge from Surrey (Bernard Karpinski/Modern Astronomy). It's been a frustrating ...
Can't make tonight but was hoping for tomorrow night (Saturday). Hopefully I will have a (small!) 12" Lightbridge with a new Argo Navis system, which will need...
Hi Paul - you missed a cracking night last night! Not sure I can make it tonight.certainly not a 7 hour session like last night anyway! Observing report to...
Hi everyone I’ve been doing astronomy for around 25 years and last night was possibly one of the best nights beneath the stars I’ve ever had. Me, Austin...
Adrian Glad you had a good time last night - yet again hindsight is wonderful. I am looking forward to meeting this big beast. At the moment the weather does...
Much to my surprise the skies seem to be clearing. I will go to Hauxley tonight and see what happens, but Metcheck seems about right. Regards Paul ... about ...
Hi all, I can only reinforce Adrian's sentiments, it really was a great nights observing on Friday with many firsts. The seeing was rated at a good 4/5...
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