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1867	Last night's early edition of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle has a small story about a group of observers from NAS who saw a series of UFO last year. I'll see...	Peter Brewis dressedinwires@...	Apr 1, 2009 7:08 am
1868	Peter, Someone contacted the society with this report:- I am trying to find anyone else who saw something unusual at 9.20PM December 23rd. I was...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 1, 2009 8:25 am
1869	This is of interest:- ... From: Steven Owens <sto@...> Subject: IYA2009 Newsletter: 100 Hours of Astronomy To: info@... Date: Wednesday,...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 1, 2009 8:30 am
1870	ha i like the names, very clever...	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 1, 2009 12:12 pm
1871		moranhousehold	Apr 1, 2009 1:13 pm
1872	Testing, testing, testing......	Peter Brewis dressedinwires@...	Apr 9, 2009 7:33 pm
1873		Peter Brewis dressedinwires@...	Apr 9, 2009 7:34 pm
1874	Must be the lighter nights! ... From: Peter Brewis <dressedinwires@...> Subject: [newcastle_astro] Is this thing on? To:...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 12, 2009 11:02 am
1875	Reminder from: newcastle_astro Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newcastle_astro/cal Telescope meeting Thursday April 23, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (The...	newcastle_astro@yahoo...	Apr 16, 2009 7:03 pm
1876	Hi, I spent Saturday evening and early Sunday morning observing from Cawfields Picnic Site near Haltwhistle. I went with NAS member Graham Fraser and his...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 19, 2009 11:21 pm
1877	Fine images Simon, I love those wide field shots. I presume they were unguided but did you take any calibration frames? I have the 200mm f/2.8 which I use from...	john hendry napier58	Apr 20, 2009 8:30 am
1878	John, Thanks. Yes i took some dark frames but no flats. The 400mm lens is an old Pentacon lens. The 135 mm lens is also a vintage Vivitar lens. These are...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 20, 2009 9:14 am
1879	Hi, I've just seen a really bright meteor (-2/-3 mag?) through thin cloud in Leo. It was pointing towards Lyra so i guess it must be a Lyrid which peaks...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 21, 2009 9:31 pm
1880	Reminder from: newcastle_astro Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newcastle_astro/cal Telescope meeting Thursday April 23, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ...	newcastle_astro@yahoo...	Apr 22, 2009 6:59 pm
1881	Is anyone going to this tonight? Just i was planning on it as i need some help aligning my telescope as its brand new and i dont know what i'm doing!...	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 23, 2009 9:54 am
1882	Yes, you can probably get some advice tonight. Bring your telescope if you can. Alf Petty ... From: "jeff_john_miller" <jeff_john_miller@...> To:...	A H Petty darneley1	Apr 23, 2009 3:31 pm
1883	Yes I will be there. Bring it along! ... From: jeff_john_miller <jeff_john_miller@...> Subject: [newcastle_astro] Re: Telescope meeting, 4/23/2009,...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 23, 2009 4:06 pm
1884	Gawd, I think Jade Goody has more life in her than this group... :(...	Peter Brewis dressedinwires@...	Apr 24, 2009 1:35 pm
1885	Last night i was viewing the sky from the city centre and the only direction i can face is east so was trying to find Arcturus to have a look as i've only just...	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 27, 2009 12:12 pm
1886	Jeff, If it was star like i guess it would have been an artificial satellite. Quite a few of these can be picked up even with the naked eye. Have a look...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 27, 2009 2:16 pm
1887	ah right. a satelite was going to be my second guess. i didnt think they would be moving so quickly. but even stars move out of view pretty fast which i didnt...	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 27, 2009 2:39 pm
1888	Hi Jeff, The ISS only takes a couple of minutes to cross the sky - so they move fairly fast. I've attached a sky chart for the eastern view. If you can...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 28, 2009 8:09 am
1889	Hi Simon, Don't think that attachment worked for some reason. Cheers Jeff...	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 28, 2009 12:13 pm
1890	Hi Jeff, I will email you direct with it rather than through the group. ... From: jeff_john_miller <jeff_john_miller@...> Subject: [newcastle_astro]...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 28, 2009 1:03 pm
1891	Cheers Simon thats class. Its definately Arcturus i was looking at the other day and just generally looking around that area so i'll definately check it out, ...	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 28, 2009 1:08 pm
1892	Hi, The forecast for Wednesday night is currently clear. I've provisionally arranged some observing with NAS member Graham Fraser. We will either meet...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 28, 2009 3:54 pm
1893	That would be class but i can't make it. I'll stick to my globular cluster for now, Next time....	jeff_john_miller jeff_john_mi...	Apr 29, 2009 8:24 am
1894	Hi Jeff, No problem. Lets us know how you get on with the globular cluster. Simon ... From: jeff_john_miller <jeff_john_miller@...> Subject:...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 29, 2009 9:00 am
1895	... I've got two Governors meetings tonight so I cannot make it. Regards Tom...	moranhousehold	Apr 29, 2009 2:14 pm
1896	Tom, That was lucky as it clouded over just before I departed! After looking at the latest satellite pictures we decided not to go. Simon ... From:...	SImon Murray spmurray33	Apr 30, 2009 8:09 am

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