Coverable with a thumb tip on Saturday says APOD BUT total cloud, of course, say the forecasters. These planets are pretty damn close anyway so catch em...

NLC close up animation from last nights results. 1.4Mb GIF. http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/20050622/NLC17-30.gif -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Another clear evening last night but with the moon a little high. Took this with the Canon 350D and 80mm Skywatcher refractor mounted on a celestron goto...

Dear All, The York Astronomical Society, in conjunction with the North York Moors National Park Authority, will be holding a public "Star Party" on Saturday...

Permission granted :-) http://www.globalobservers.net/btso/BT-sleepover-2005-06-18-002.jpg -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk Global Projects -...

Hi, I was thinking of heading down to Headley Heath near Dorking on Sunday night to try and catch the planetary alignment. I understand this is the observing...

Dear all, last new moon I was eventually able to take my first CCD images with my TEC140 scope and my Trifid 2 CCD camera mounting a large 6303E chip. Those...

Finally manged to get out with my ATK the other night. Moon was low in the west but the seeing wasn't too bad. Next time, I need to leave enough time to...

Hello Despite watching Sky @ Night for over 30 years, I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to telescopes. As most of you will know there is a conspiracy...

Big solar prom for longest day! - it's evolved since yesterday - images at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/pstnew.htm The sun is otherwisw fairly quiet with...

Time for another in a series of "My Gods, he's stupid" questions from me. When I view (say) Jupiter through a 4mm e/p I get a fairly contrained view. When I...

Just been observing the sun thro filter scope when a small round object a few arcseconds in diameter transited the disk west to east in ~3s at 10.19BST . Not...

If I've got XEphem setup correctly (and I may have the time off by an hour) then there's a triple shadow transit on Jupiter around...

Lovely image here taken by Spirit Rover: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0506/12mersunset/ Regards, Jeff

Hello Group, 'Purchased the Orion XT10 two weeks ago. Then followed the expected two weeks of cloudy nights. :( Finally last night we had breaks in the...

Hi, After several successful forays buy to astro gear mail order from the USA my last couple of consignments have both been intercepted by Customs, so I'm...

I was asked to help out with the BT record sleepover attempt at the local primary school on Saturday night so I decided to take a telescope along and show the...

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Great evening ! After Venus and Mercury set in NW fine NLC seen in sky above as http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/noctmg.htm Nytecam

Posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/conjunct.htm Venus and Mercury seen from Epsom Downs Derby Course this evening - more pic to follow. Nytecam