Hello, I've just got back from my eclipse Trip to Turkey. I saw the eclipse just a few kilometres south of the central line in a place called Side. I was...
I've updated my website to include a report of the my total eclipse trip to Side (Turkey). There are also some photographs up to the start of Totality. They...
I've posted the first photo from my cooled low light security camera. It's of the comet Schwassmann-Wachmann (73P) which is at mag 10.83 in Bootes at the...
Dave, ... Not really surprising that this is a difficult comet to capture. It's breaking apart and now amounts to little more than 20 fragments. ... ...
... There is a free version of K3CCD which acquires the images, although I did buy the new version for about £30, and Registax is free. Astrovideo is also...
Folks, I've added Simon's stunning pictures of the Total Eclipse to the Member's Section on the web site. Have a look. They really are something else. Cheers ...
Folks, It's the AGM tonight. 1900 hours, Red Cross Building, Western Avenue. Please come along and bring something with you for the exhibition, if you can. ...
Last night was the first time I'd had a decent session with the scope this year, and it wasn't too cold. There was a lot of sky glow around so the images were...
The 2006 Rochester lecture will take place at 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday 3 May 2006 in the Scarborough Lecture Theatre (CY93)at the Science Labs, Stockton Road,...
Dave, ... These pictues are astonishing. I've snagged a couple for the society's member's pages and will update your entry this morning. Can you let me know...
Thursday looks like it could be a reasonable night, at the moment. You're welcome to join me if it is. It's about 10pm before it's dark enough and I'm off work...
This campaign is about Human beings, Democracy, UNHCR, Refugees, The Iraqis, Islam, Kurds, Human rights, Respect, Money, Donations, Angelina Jolie, Pavarotti,...
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Banned. David on 1/5/06 4:37 pm, winastromet12@... at...
Folks, I have changed the membership rules for this newsgroup from 'Open' to 'Restricted'. This means that all membership applications must be approved by a...
I came across this today. There is a well advanced plan to build an Observatory at Kielder:- http://www.kielder-observatory.org/ It will house a 20" & 14"...
Simon, ... Yes, this has been discussed at committee level and by members over the years. My understanding is that one of the telescopes, possibly the 14", ...
The telescopes are new and are documented via your supplied link. This was exhibited in model form at the recent Kielder starcamp, and will hopefully be built...
Hello, ... Then I wonder what happened to Andrew's telescope. Maybe we should try to locate it. (It could be that the dome for this observatory was Andrew's....
... Just six weeks before the residents of Houghton celebrate MidSummer's Eve in their time honoured tradition of donning their ceremonial chav finest, ...