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377 austinbwmn Send Email Jul 20, 2007
9:02 am
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...
378 Paul Lewis
p_r_lewis Send Email
Aug 2, 2007
8:03 am
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...
379 Tim Kent
timgkent Send Email
Aug 3, 2007
7:24 pm
... 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...
380 Ed Chester
spacebocs Send Email
Aug 7, 2007
6:42 pm
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...
381 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 12, 2007
10:19 am
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...
382 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 12, 2007
10:21 am
.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...
383 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 13, 2007
2:46 pm
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...
384 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 24, 2007
12:24 pm
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...
385 austinbwmn Send Email Aug 24, 2007
12:27 pm
Yes, I'll see you there, Regards, Austin...
386 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 24, 2007
2:25 pm
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 ...
387 Paul Lewis
p_r_lewis Send Email
Aug 24, 2007
5:53 pm
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...
388 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 25, 2007
10:53 am
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...
389 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 25, 2007
11:31 am
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...
390 Paul Lewis
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Aug 25, 2007
12:45 pm
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...
391 Paul Lewis
p_r_lewis Send Email
Aug 25, 2007
5:59 pm
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 ...
393 austinbwmn Send Email Aug 28, 2007
8:41 am
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...
394 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 28, 2007
9:04 am
Hi Austin - I know you meant M31 the galaxy, not the globular ;-) Adrian From: nastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of austinbwmn ...
395 austinbwmn Send Email Aug 28, 2007
9:11 am
Adrian, Read it carefully! ...G1 (Mayall II) a globular cluster in M13. ;-)) ... Behalf Of ... Adrian ... G1 ... charts! ... was...
396 austinbwmn Send Email Aug 28, 2007
9:20 am
Sorry Adrian, You're correct of course, for M13 read M31. Check it out at CloudyNights, Small Wonders. http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1559 ...
397 Adrian Jannetta
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Aug 28, 2007
9:33 am
There's an impressive HST image on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayall_II Adrian From: nastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nastro@yahoogroups.com] On...
398 Adrian Jannetta
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Aug 28, 2007
9:33 am
An excellent page! With full moon now out I think it will be at least a week before we'll have a chance for some deepsky astronomy of the kind we saw the...
399 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 28, 2007
10:46 am
Hi everyone I’ve put my old telescope – a 10 inch F5 Callisto Dobsonian – on eBay....you could potentially have it for less than £2. Six days to go... ...
400 John
napier58 Send Email
Aug 28, 2007
11:03 am
Hi Austin, as luck would have it I was not able to observe that night. Typical, but I have imaged some of the objects you saw that night, it must have been...
401 austinbwmn Send Email Aug 28, 2007
11:12 am
Beautiful photos John, the images reinforce the memories of what I saw. Regards, Austin ... night. ... it...
402 David J. Hughes
infectionmusic Send Email
Aug 28, 2007
11:56 am
John, Those pictures are awesome. Wow. David...
403 John
napier58 Send Email
Aug 28, 2007
8:50 pm
Thanks Austin That's all I do, I almost never look through the thing! Heresy, I know, BUT laptop, 'scopes and camera in cold, me inside nice and warm watching....
404 John
napier58 Send Email
Aug 28, 2007
8:54 pm
Thanks David, still learning the trade, and collecting the equipment. The great thing about imaging is that the 'observations&#39; can keep you busy for day after...
405 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 29, 2007
8:54 am
Hi everyone There will be a meeting, as usual, on Thursday August 30th at Hauxley Nature Reserve beginning at 7.30pm. The title of my presentation is "Sights...
406 Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008 Send Email
Aug 31, 2007
3:04 pm
Hi everyone, If those clouds disappear I'll be dragging my 16" Lightbridge up to Hauxley for a spot of observing! I'm planning to get there around 8.30 - 9pm...
407 Paul Lewis
p_r_lewis Send Email
Aug 31, 2007
3:41 pm
Adrian It's sort of clearing up in Newcastle (yes, I know it's 30 miles south) - at least there's blue between the white. And there is a big, bright, yellow...
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