Hi all, Some of you already know me, but most don't. I'm actually a part of Northumberland Astronomical Society but live in Newcastle. I love observing, but...
Hello Austin, ... Welcome to the group. It's fairly quiet in here, more so whilst Crista is away in the Carribean! ... There is a committee meeting tomorrow...
... Hi Paul, welcome to the newsgroup. The NAS starts again in September, I think. I live in Whickham as well, just off Oakfield Road, if you want to get ...
Hello, ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4600981.stm Many of you will recall that Prof Frenk gave a talk to the society last December and I had the...
Alf, Can we circulate the programme details for next year? I'd like to update the web pages as soon as possible. Also, does anyone have any suggestions for the...
Hello, According to Spaceweather.com (http://www.spaceweather.com) there may be some decent Aurora over the weekend. Weather permitting, I'm going to find some...
Hi all, Had a look at the Sun last night, and could see 5 groups of sunspots, 2 groups more prominent than the rest. These do not look big enough to cause any...
Hello, ... I can, at least, see the sun this morning. Those spots are not big enough to make much of a fuss. Seems that there was a coronal mass ejection on...
Hi all, Not seen Venus yet, but have made various half hearted attempts over the past week to try and spot it. Tonight if you try, you may get lucky and catch...
Hi, I was lucky to see Venus on Sunday night it was surprisingly bright in the sky I did take photo's but Venus just looks like a tiny dot as it was taken with...
Hello, Looks like the web crawlers/spiders have finally worked their magic. A quick google of "Newcastle Astronomical" shows the society's web page at position...
Hi all, As it was a beautiful evening yesterday, at about 21:30 I grabbed the Bino's & compass and set out to bag Venus also with the hope of catching the new...
Hello, ... Couldn't see it at all here... on account of a layer of cloud hanging over Fencehouses. Pollution or just depression, never quite sure these days. ...
Hello, Last night was fairly successfull. I managed to locate Venus, the new Moon and Jupiter - all within one advert break! Then it clouded over completely!...
Hello, Two news items, one good, one not so good. Bad news first. The request for member's information has drawn a blank. I've approached several people, both...
Hi everyone just checking back in to the group. Have been back for a week or so now from Jamaica, which was fabulous by the way (smug grin). Lots of dark skies...
Crista, ... I've sent David an invitation to join the list. He should see the message within the next couple of minutes. Cheers David PS If anyone else would...
Hello, I missed this one the first time around... ... So the stay in the swamp wasn't all that bad then? :) ... This weekend looks good although I'm busy with...
Thursday night best for me, and tonite Wednesday, tho now late. Probably away the weekend, but would join in if around Cheers Paul ... Hello, I missed this one...
Hi unfortunately, Thursday's no good for me - I was going to suggest the weekend, but obviously not going to be feasible as Paul's going to be away and David...
Folks, As requested by the committee, I have designed an A3 poster to promote the society and its activities and the first version is now up on the web for ...
Hi Dave, it looks great. I have one suggestion, could one be done for this coming year, if the agenda has been set, and we could paste them at various sites....
Dave, ... The plan is to get this one right and in a state where it can be posted up. When next year's schedule has been fully sorted, a revised version will...
Nice work - looks great, and I'm sure would be eyecatching. Paul ... Folks, As requested by the committee, I have designed an A3 poster to promote the society...
MessageIts a long way to Devon, there is another one like this in Wales, - slightly nearer. Alf ... From: Tony Gibbons To: 'York AS - Steve Cooper' ;...
One in Pitlochry http://www.observatorypitlochry.com/ Paul ... ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you...
Hello, Anybody manage to see venus and Mercury together last night? Quite interesting. Mercury was not as bright as I expected and almost lost in the twilight....
Looks really good! I've seen posters all over the metro for a 'Life on Mars' exhibition at the Centre for Life. I wonder if they would take a poster - or a...
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