Excellent job Colin - and just in time for the clear skies tonight!...
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Andrew
andykendrick43
Mar 20, 2010 7:22 pm
Hello All Just posting to let you know my telescopes have finally arrived i have added some pics of them. The scopes are SPX 200 F/6 By Orion Optics on the...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Mar 22, 2010 1:42 pm
Hi Andy, Looks like you won't have too long to wait - clear skies forecast for tonight! Best regards William...
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andrew kendrick
andykendrick43
Mar 22, 2010 4:11 pm
Hi William The telescope will be setup as soon as i get home from work tonight all being well i will be out observing till around 2.00 am weather permitting...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Mar 24, 2010 4:06 pm
Hello I'm delighted to announce that the programme for MAD V is now complete and booking for is open. With topics ranging Dark Matter to Gravitational Waves...
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Andrew
andykendrick43
Apr 10, 2010 12:11 am
Hello Well i have been out a number of times tonight and to be honest from my urban location the sky is crap. I have given up on trying to use the 6 inch with...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Apr 10, 2010 7:52 am
Hi Andy, Good to hear that you're happy with your new 'scopes. If you ever want a dark sky to observe from then my back garden is always available ... for the...
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Andrew
andykendrick43
Apr 10, 2010 10:27 am
Hi William I will probably take you up on the offer of dark sky observing, here at the mo when you get into a nice rhythm someone turns on a security light...
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nwgentuk
Apr 10, 2010 9:52 pm
Andy The same goes for me - my back garden is always available for anyone who wishes to do a bit of observing - it would be nice to have some company at a...
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Andrew
andykendrick43
Apr 18, 2010 4:22 pm
Hello all After a good meeting last Thursday with our talks and technical stuff plus observing Venus mercury and the one day moon things turned to collimating...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Apr 18, 2010 8:16 pm
Hi Andy, Most manufactured items in the UK are made with standard metric parts (they are readily available and hence mass produced and cheap). I would expect...
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andrew kendrick
andykendrick43
Apr 18, 2010 8:28 pm
Hi William As soon as they arrive i will let you know i have scoured the Internet all day but found nothing with the thumbscrew m4 threads only the Alan key...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Apr 18, 2010 8:50 pm
Hi Andy, Most suppliers will carry M4 hex head bolts and the plastic thumbscrew part as seperate items for the customer to push together themselves - they do...
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andrew kendrick
andykendrick43
Apr 18, 2010 9:00 pm
William I could have saved myself at least £11.00 i have just emailed one of my colleagues and we deal with RS so i will show him the link with the diameters...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Apr 19, 2010 7:50 am
No problem Andy. In a previous email I mentioned that the plastic thumbscrew cap is designed to accept a hex head. This is ioncorrect. If you take a look at...
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andrew kendrick
andykendrick43
Apr 19, 2010 12:17 pm
William The plastic thumbscrew ones on the RS site are exactly the same as the bobs knobs. So i would need an M4 shaft about 40mm long and a thumbscrew cap i...
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Andrew
andykendrick43
May 14, 2010 11:51 am
Hello All Thank You for the turn out for the meeting last night it was an excellent meeting and we achieved my expectations of questions and answers and debate...
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scastro@yahoogroups.com
May 15, 2010 7:01 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the scastro group. File : /Observing...
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ray30380
May 16, 2010 6:38 pm
Is there anyone else interested in meeting up for observing sessions, we could pick the best local sites. ray...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
May 17, 2010 12:19 pm
Hi Ray, There's a long standing open invitation to observe at my house for anyone who wants to. Best regards William...
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Leigh S
leigh_at_ch9
Jun 11, 2010 1:19 pm
Guys, Long time no see but I'm still lurking in the background... I'm doing the Kielder Star Camp in Oct and just wondered if anyone else from the club is...
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andrew kendrick
andykendrick43
Jun 11, 2010 2:03 pm
Hi Leigh Long time no see or here if you keep plugging some of us maybe interested in going? So keep an eye on the forum if you had not noticed our last...
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Leigh
leigh_at_ch9
Jun 11, 2010 2:49 pm
Hi Andy, Yeah, I get all the forum stuff and the mails from William so I'm up to date and hope to see you guys soon. Cheers Leigh ...
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Jim Ashton
steinfort
Jun 11, 2010 6:18 pm
Hi, Leigh, I don't think we've met (I'm a country member, living in Luxembourg and ony get to meetings about once every 6 months) but I took a look at your...
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Leigh
leigh_at_ch9
Jun 12, 2010 1:54 pm
Hi Jim, thanks for the mail, Also thx very much for the positive comments about my pics. I bought my Canon EOS450d 18 months ago and immediately started...
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Jim Ashton
steinfort
Jun 12, 2010 2:11 pm
Hi Leigh! I'm not an expert in photography by any means but Ilike what I like and like your pics! I'm an Egyptologist and do most of my photography in Egypt ...
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Leigh
leigh_at_ch9
Aug 13, 2010 4:33 pm
Guys, Any good? I was in the North Yorkshire Moors under very dark skies and I saw 1 Perseid on Wed night in a clear sky, but I was clouded / rained out last...
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William Stewart
william.stew...
Aug 16, 2010 12:41 pm
Hi Leigh, The night of Tuesday 10th was reasonably good but Weds, Thurs & Friday were clouded out, Clear again on Saturday but not as many meteors as there...
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Tom
tmccallister10
Sep 8, 2010 7:06 pm
Hi there everyone, currently there is a member on Stargazers Lounge who is selling brand new, boxed spc900nc's for the grand total of £32 each inc. postage...
