Hello, First off, Happy New Year to everyone. Secondly, to those who don't already know it, there is a new comet in the sky, Comet McNaught. This is what the...
Thanks for that - I had forgotten about it. Its around 20 degrees to the west of Venus. So if you can see Venus you stand a chance! "David J. Hughes"...
I've just seen the comet McNaught. Wow! Its a very easy naked eye object. It has a long tail - I could trace the tail back around one degree in the twilight. ...
On t he point of giving up and going inside I thought "One last try... why not?" Ta-da!!!! Whoooooohhhooooo!!! Thar she blows!!! Fleeting glimpse last night....
You did better than me. I tried to photograph it from the Morpeth area (where i work) but was greeted with a huge bank of cloud in west. There were gaps in the...
Simon, ... I had similar problems. Even with 4 layers of clothing I was freezing cold and every time I tried to look at the comet, the hood on my Parker acted ...
After a google search - Swan peaked at 4.5 mag around a week after we observed it at the star party. You would have thought we would have seen it without...
Folks, There were two mistakes on the lecture timetable for the current season on the web page. The January lecture was shown as 19th January whereas it was ...
Hello, Last night, we set our Sony VAIO up in the living room, took a couple of pictures of the wall and hooked the computer up to a Song Data Projector. After...
Hello, Typos in abundance in that e-mail. I really must check my posts before I hit 'Send'. Here's a resend... :) on 25/1/07 9:12 am, David J. Hughes at...
Hello, Whilst observing Venus last night, something entered the main eyepiece and traversed, left to right... scared the B'Jesus out of me... A helicopter,...
Its a while since I last observed Venus telescopically - just weeks before its transit in 2004. Hopefully I should get a chance in the coming weeks. I did some...
As there's nothing much going on at the moment, here's a link to a telescope in antarctica that consists of a square kilometre of ice http://icecube.wisc.edu/ ...
... Indeed. But won't the Earth's magnetic poles interfere with the number of particles detected? Neutrinos themselves don't seem bothered by magnetic fields...
Hello, There's a really good picture of Comet McNaught over Brisbane on SpaceWeather.com this morning: http://www.spaceweather.com A large finger-like cloud...
Hello, Today's spaceweather.com has another intriguing image, this time of the Moon in colour. Most of the time, we only see the Moon in monochrome. However,...
Folks, There is a meeting this Thursday, 8th February, at 1900 hours. The lecture will be given by the Rev Dr David Wilkinson (University of Durham) and his ...
Folks, As many of you will be aware, I am not a huge fan of Yahoo, and Yahoo Newsgroups in particular. I think the style and nature of this newsgroup prohibits...
Folks, The response to the new forum at last night's was very positive and very encouraging. Just to remind you, I intend to switch off this Yahoo newsgroup in...
Hello, Can someone please look at their blue member's card for me and confirm the date of the March meeting? I am sure it is March 15th but the web pages have ...
Folks, This is another reminder that this mailing list will be closed down at the end of February 2007. The new forum is now open and currently has 7 ...
Folks, This weekend looks like it will be fairly busy astronomically speaking. On March 2nd, there will be a grazing occulation of Saturn by the Moon. We ...
Folks, This newsgroup will enjoy a brief stay of execution. The new forum was switched over to another serve during the week and the transition did not go ...
Hello, Did anyone get to see the eclipse on Saturday night? Easily one of the best I've ever seen. Four of us gathered at the front of the house and watched ...
Folks, Newcastle Science Festival 2007 10-18 March Galaxy formation with Carlos Frenk Date: Saturday 10 March Time: 10:00 am Entry: FREE, booking required...
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