Hi There is a lovely two degree conjunction between Mercury & a 1.6 day old moon on Tuesday. I've upload a jpg to the files section to show the scene: ...
I'm going to try to observe this tonight from the farm as long as the north-western horizon is clear. The sun set 8:48 BST & mercury and the moon sets 23:03...
David, The conditions near the horizon don't look great for telescopic views of mercury & the moon. So if you not optimistic i will head local with some...
Hello, ... The conditions here are almost ideal. I went out at about 2110 BST and saw Mercury through binoculars and then again at 2155 through the 5" Mak. I...
David, Surprisingly the west cleared up just in time in for me. Had some nice views of the conjunction through my binoculars. I photographed it too - will post...
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I meant to add :- Should be an interesting to see how easy it is too see Mars - especially as the forecast is for 21 degrees and sunshine on Saturday. Is...
I'm in my garden trying to see this event and I can say I cannot see mars at all! All I've seen in my 4" refractor is the moon and the odd bird! It's not even...
From the BBC Web site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7397811.stm Virtual telescope opens night sky Orion Nebula The tool contains "terabytes" of data...
Hi all, my name is Lydia. I am a member of the Newcastle Astronomical Society of Australia. Thank you for accepting me into this group. I have a interest in...
Hi Lydia , I’m glad you liked the eclipse photographs. Ceduna was my second total eclipse after sneaking a few seconds of totality between clouds in...
Hi all, yes Simon, you are right about Ceduna and the cloud disappearing just before totality. Members from our Newcastle Astronomical Society also gave a...
Folks, I mentioned to a couple of people at the AGM last night that I'm a big fan of the virtual world "Second Life" (http://www.secondlife.com). "Second Life"...
Mathematically & visually interesting... On the 9th June Venus is occulted by the sun. That's halfway between the two transits of 2004 & 2012. The latest Soho...
Hello, Since my previous post regarding Second Life failed to generate any responses, I thought I'd post a couple of images to wet your appetites. Second Life...
Thank you Simon, the SOHO images are amazing... Regards Lydia Simon Murray <spmurray33@...> wrote: Mathematically & visually interesting... On the 9th...
David, The 1GB of RAM requirement beats my system! I noticed the Microsoft's virtual telescope has the same requirement. That's some requirement! I guess if...
Lydia, You will have a good view of the transit in 2012. From here it finishes shortly after sunrise. I will have to head eastwards - maybe Cyprus. Did you...
Hi, Lots of ISS passes over the next 10 days (add 1 hour for BST) Data from www.heavens-above.com :- Search period start: 00:00 Monday, 19 May, 2008 Search...
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