Dear WOLAS members. I thinking of buying a telescope that is sufficiently portable that I can take abroad, ideally not costing more that £300. Does anyone...
Yes. I bought a William Optics Zenithstar 66 recently, from First Light Optics. http://firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=WOzenithstar66sd Costs £250....
Thanks David. I had been thinking about one of the Skywatcher Startraval, or maybe a Matsukov. The Celestron 80ED APO Premium Refractor has been reduced twice...
The Skywatcher Startravel scopes are short focal ratio achromats with ordinary glass and as such have a lot of chromatic aberration, so I wouldn't recommend...
From 8.00 BST here today. Could be clear. Focus on the summer constellations and finding your way round them. David Arditti http://www.davidarditti.co.uk 94...
Sorry David Wont be able to make tonight, not been in from work long and am really tired Have a good evening Derek _____ From: wolas@yahoogroups.com...
Hi all Observers Just a reminder that there are 3 sessions booked for this weekend at piggotts field fri-22nd sat-23rd & sun 24th if you go please give...
David Just a quick thanks to you and Helen for hosting last nights at home meeting. Sorry I had to leave just as it was getting dark, but I did enjoy the " ...
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May 19, 2009 12:03 pm
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Thought you might be interested in this story derek ... From: webmasters@... [mailto:webmasters@...] On Behalf Of derek Sent: 21 May 2009 13:38 To:...
weather reports say cloud will clear to night leaving clears skies hope to be at piggotts by about 10 pm if its true derek 07745725315 - 01895443369...
Come on all you observers Tonight is the last session at piggotts for the spring. no more sessions until Sept 2009. Myself, Alan Rix & Ian Eyers are planning...
Present: David Brown, David Talaber, Sean Meehan, Peter Rees, Ken Meadows, Jim Brightwell, Duncan Radbourne, Paul Arnold and his 11- year old son Elliott. We...
It is not much, but there is a small sunspot group visible today in white light - first for quite a while. David David Arditti http://www.davidarditti.co.uk 94...
David I will be over to pick you up some time after 7 ish for the committee meeting. Duncan ________________________________ From: wolas@yahoogroups.com...
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Jun 1, 2009 3:29 pm
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All, sorry belated apologies, not able to make committeemeeting tonight as I'm working. Tim Sent from my iPhone On 1 Jun 2009, at 16:26, "Duncan Radbourne...
hi David Thank you for that news Hopefully the HF radio propagation was good to day and will improve. I have just come back from France, Paris, there was...
Tim No problem but you missed a good meeting. Duncan (Sent from my PC at work! LOL) Don't forget the meeting next Monday (AGM and home brew quiz type meeting) ...
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Forwarded by request of Paul Skidmore. Any enquiries to him. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
There is a spectacular display of NLCs this morning. Really high - 30 to 40 degrees of altitude in the sky, quite remarkable for this latitude, highest I have...
I have put some pictures I took of the noctilucent clouds of June 19 on this webpage: http://www.davidarditti.co.uk/astro/nlc09.htm which also links to...
All, If anyone is interested, I've posted some pics of my orrery - constructed (or assembled) from weekly publication Build a Model Solar System which was ...
The barbecue and possible solar observing takes place here from 1pm tomorrow. Bring food and drink. We look forward to seeing you. David David Arditti ...
Hello to all Here a few shots of NLC's from Sunday night 12/7 & Tuesday night 14/7 Have had to put them on Flikr as my resize program is not working properly ...
Some excellent shots there, Derek. I took some on the Tuesday morning. On Tuesday evening I was on my bike, and, after an intense rain shower about 10pm, the...
David sent wolas@yahoogroups.com a message on Facebook. Here are some photos of the Telescope 400 event at Syon House on 26 July, which was attended by several...
Hello to All Just a reminder that weather permitting, There is an observing session booked for weds 12th Aug to observe the perseid meteor shower. no equipment...
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