Hi everyone Looks like another clear sky tonight and I'm stuck inside doing lesson plans for tomorrow.... L Hope some of you are managing to get some astronomy...
Adrian/Malcolm Count me in any/all of those days. Have another go with the Argo Navis. At least I am getting to look at the Sun at the moment. Regards Paul ...
paul yes definetly mate keep in touch. c u at the weekend malcolm ======================================== Message Received: Sep 06 2007, 01:17 AM From: "Paul...
Adrian/Malcolm Which day or days are we talking about at the moment. I know some people have gone off Metcheck as a means of prediction, but it has been...
Guys, I agree with Paul, tonight looks best from Metcheck. Plus its a packed evening if international sport (& beer) tomorrow, Saturday. Regards, Austin...
Tonight is fine with me. Still mostly clear here at 5.30pm. How about getting there 8 - 8.30pm? I'll give Austin a ring to let him know what's happening. ...
hi everyone yes defenitly up for it tonight looks good i will get there for about 9pm. malcolm ======================================== Message Received: Sep...
Hi everyone - another long rambling report! A great session again last night - wish I could've stayed longer! Quite an impressive line-up of telescopes too:...
Hi everyone To those new members who have joined the group recently: some of you expressed an interest in being informed of observing sessions at Hauxley. ...
Hi Adrian, ... This seems to be a regular occurence. A resident of Whitley Bay contacted Alf Petty last week with a similar report, on this occasion, a...
Before we finished last night it was suggested that a second night observing might be a good idea. At the moment, from where I am sitting in Newcastle it is...
Hi Paul It looks overcast from here (Broomhill - 2 miles from Hauxley) at 5.30pm. Forecast for tonight not good. Adrian From: nastro@yahoogroups.com...
hello chaps yet another good night not looking very good at the moment paul been cloudy all day. yes like adrian said it was great to see my 10"meade working...
Hi Tim, and thanks for the link. I think they probably were Sky Lanterns. We actually got to see them through a telescope before they disappeared - the only...
It was a good idea while it lasted, but given the weather I think tonight I will stay in and read the Argo Navis manual instead. Apparently it's a thundering...
Hello Adrian, I guess the sky lanterns fit the bill. We did not hear any engine sounds so I assumed they were far away. But a sky lantern would have to be...
Hi Ian A quick back-of-an-envelope calculation... They looked like stars to the naked eye so their angular size was an arcminute (1/60th of a degree) or less....
Ian I am interested for tonight (9 Sept), but I think we need to wait until later to decide. The forecast does not look good at the moment, nor the view from...
Hi all - following on from what Paul said in an earlier thread, it would be good if those wanting to propose having an observing session do so via new messages...
Hi all, A little bit later than Adrian's I know, but here goes, There were 5 of us out this time with a combined aperture of 74". Observing started, for me, at...
Hello Paul, I see what you mean. I will make a point of separating out topics into different mails. I see the forecast does not look good for tonight anyway. ...
The weather forecasts on Metcheck, Met Office and the BBC all look reasonable for tonight. Moonset is at 19:43 (Newcastle) so it should be dark. Since it is...
hi austin&paul yes up for it tonight i will see you there malcolm ======================================== Message Received: Sep 14 2007, 09:51 AM From:...
Hi guys, Can't make it tonight - still under the weather with a cold. Metcheck is saying 45% cloud cover for 9pm. It's been raining in Broomhill so I hope...
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