Herewith notice about the Kielder Camp in October this year. Alf I would be very grateful if you could flag up the following events with your members. Many...
... Has anyone ever been on one of these Kielder Camps? Are they good fun? Suppose it depends on the weather. Hey, has anyone noticed how quickly Venus is...
Hi David, ... fun? ... I've been to the last two. The first one was a total washout, and we didn't even put the tent up it was so wet, but this is the report I...
Hi David, I went to the last one and I'll be going to the next one. M'afraid it's more of an excuse to meet up with a few mates and share a few shandies, but...
Well, if anyone hears of a 7" ~6 to 7 ft tube, I'd appreciate it. 12-16 inch is too large.
Having said that - would it be OK if I put a post up on UKAI?...
Hello, I've decided to try and publish my recollections from last night's meeting, basically to see if we can encourage a few more people to wander along. Last...
As we're talking about the moon, in case anyone is not aware of it, there is an excellent piece of FREE software. The quantity and quality of the information...
Folks, Gordon Muir mailed me with details of his classes. These are: Tuesday Evenings 7-9pm "The Birth, Life and Death of a Star", 10 weeks starts Tuesday Jan...
That looks worthwhile downloading. That site also has a great free planetarium software "Cartes Du Ceil" which can go down to mag 12 and beyond. I've used it...
Hi all, I've used the Expert version of this for a couple of years, and it's fantastic, and a much more acceptable 15Mb ish download. Regards, Austin ... ...
... Hey, this looks astonishingly like the old "Space" program that used to run on our Silicon Graphics kit about ten years ago. It was as jerky as hell but ...
Had first clear skies on Friday night and the sky was absolutely incredible. I have never seen anything like it before. There was a few patches of cloud and...
Folks, It gives me great pleasure to annouce that the evening of Thursday 23rd March 2006 has been booked at our usual meeting place, Croft House on Western...
Hello, The issue of summer meetings was raised at Committee level some time ago and I'd like to discuss the issue here to see what everybody else thinks. I...
Hello Peeps - have not posted for a while. I bought myself a Canon 350D as a Christmas Present and have been waiting to try it out astronomically. I purchases...
Folks, Meeting tonight at Croft House, off Western Avenue, Newcastle. The subject will be "Gamma Ray Astronomy" by Dr. Larry McComb of Durham University. To be...
Hello, This is a fun release from NASA this morning. "NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has identified two huge "hypergiant" stars circled by monstrous disks of...
Hello, A free lollypop will be given to any member of the NAS who prints out and brings this notice to tonight's meeting. David -- Infection Music Limited....
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I look forward to everything but the peas ... Folks, Meeting tonight at Croft House, off Western Avenue, Newcastle. The subject will be "Gamma Ray Astronomy"...
Paul, ... ... shame the stripper didn't show up either. I'll have a word with Alf, see if he can find a more reliable agency next time. ;) David -- Infection...
Folks, These are my unofficial minutes from last night's meeting. The formal minutes will be posted here and to the web pages once they're available. Last...
At last night's meeting, there was an image of the gamma ray telescope array in Namibia with a motto from Pliny 'ex semper africa aliquid nova'; someone...
on 10/2/06 2:43 pm, crista_astronomy at the_real_hybridchild@... ... Ahhh.... but... Take one Green Council Wheelie bin and fill with concrete to about...