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...
just to clarify, I meant the Centre for Life, not the metro... hybrid child <the_real_hybridchild@...> wrote:Looks really good! I've seen posters all...
Hello, There are two opportunities for meeting up in the next couple of weeks. The Centre for Life in Newcastle is currently publicising a show which they've...
David, (dates dependant) count me in for a star party. Myself and Alan Morton work together, albeit on different shift patterns, but we'd both be interested...
Both bits sound good, and I'm interested. Weekdays (nights) better than weekends. Cheers Paul ... Hello, There are two opportunities for meeting up in the ...
Folks, A revised version of the promotional poster featuring the programme for 2005/2006 is available on the web site. We still have some outstanding issues...
Hello, The programme details for the 2005/2006 lecture series have been uploaded to the web page. I've also added details on how to locate South Shields...
My 22x100 bins are just too big to hold, so I decided to build a mount that I could use that would let me use them all night in comfort. Most of the materials...
Nice one Dave! Makes me wonder if Fenwicks furniture department and Bonsers cameras in the Bigg market shouldn't get together to produce more of the same! ...
Dave, ... Me like. Get the missus to take one of you using it. I think we should all pop around to Dave's house for a sit in the chair. :) ... Here was me...
You can see the cat is really impressed with it. Nearly as much as the missus is! I'll bring it to the next star party. Might be some extras added on by then,...
Motor drive?! GO-TO?!! ... You can see the cat is really impressed with it. Nearly as much as the missus is! I'll bring it to the next star party. Might be ...
Dave, ... Why not a wireless lan + Firewire/Ethernet port for the PC? Also, I notice that the chair does not feature any randomly flashing lights like they do...
Photon torpedoes! Paul, third member of SGOM ('Should Get Out More' - if there's a Yahoo group, I could stay in and join it) ... Dave, on 1/8/05 8:12 pm, Dave...
Dave, ... It was clear last night! ... and it was clear this morning at around 3 am... when a small dog got me out of bed with an upset tummy. You're slacking,...
PAUL, ... YES! ... There is now... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_need_to_get_out_more Yes, I was bored... waiting for the compiler to finish munging 130,000...
Anyone seen any yet? Anyone got plans to observe on the night of 11 / 12 August? Who remenbers the (good ole?)days when we would observe from Close House until...
Hello, on 3/8/05 10:20 pm, northern_light4me at northern_light4me@... ... No, not yet, though I was outside at 2am, 3am, 4am and 430am. The dog still ...
... From the very beginning I think! Who am I - BrianS I seem to recall we were always very lucky with the weather although we sometime spread it over a few...
Brian!!! on 6/8/05 12:32 am, northern_light4me at northern_light4me@... ... Good to hear from you Brian. We've missed you at the regular meetings! ... ...
Hi all, Just to introduce myself - my name is Dan, Gateshead resident and employee of Newcastle University (where I run a small group that consults biologists...
Dan, ... A good place to start hunting for 'scopes is Bonsers in the Bigg market in Newcastle. David Sinden of Sinden Optical Company may still have some ...
... Hello Dan welcolm aboard. If astrophotography is your main aim then you should check that the focused image can reach the film (sorry detector) plane. The...
Brian, ... Err, yeah. Long exposures need accurate-ish polar alignment. I forgot that one. Oops. :) Anyone see the news at dinner time? Seems that good ole'...
... not ... Many of the best films have already gone! Kodachrome 25 my choice for Solar eclipses ; Tech pan out of production though they may still be stocks...
Hello, The clouds didn't break once last night and I am now somewhat fed up. The weather forecast for tonight looks crap too. If the cloud cover does clear,...
... Theweather forecast for tonight looks crap too. ... Never mind David there always the Taurids ! Moonlight interferes with the Leonids & Geminids. I don't...
Hello, on 13/8/05 11:59 pm, northern_light4me at northern_light4me@... ... The weather looked fairly encouraging just after sunset last night. I even ...
Up at four in the morning on Tuesday night, and poked my nose out the back to see what's up. Mars is what's up, looking great, about Mag -0.5, a few degrees...