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New yearly meteor shower from Holmes? by
JamesB
Is the cloud of dust/gas placed such that we'll get a new meteor shower each
year? Not sure of the "geometry" of where it is in relation to our orbit...
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The All Sky Automated Survey by
ukastronomy
Does anybody have any reliable information about when data for the
northern sky (that is north of about 30 degrees) is going to be
released.
Martin Nicholson,...
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Baade's Window by
ukastronomy
Baade's Window
Baade's Window is a small clearing in the dust clouds of Sagittarius,
near the globular cluster NGC 6522, through which it is possible to
see...
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My own Holmes picture... by
JamesB
Clouds were still very present so I didn't drag out the 'scope (haven't used
it yet since moving house so it's probably mucky and in need of alignment...
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November 1st 07 09:36 AM
by JamesB
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Two dark nebulae in M24 in Sagittarius by
ukastronomy
Two dark nebulae in M24 in Sagittarius
Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae (LDN 327 and 323) show up well in
these two images. Of almost equal interest are the...
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Our nearest neighbours - UV CETI by
ukastronomy
Our nearest neighbours - UV CETI
Luyten 726-8 AB or UV CETI is the sixth closest system to Sol located
only about 8.7 light-years away in the southwestern...
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Holmes has a tail by
Pete Lawrence
Albeit a rather faint one. Here's my first preliminary result from
tonights session (29th) - a 45 minute exposure (9x5min @ ISO 800)
stacked and contrast...
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The Hubble Palette in narrow band imaging by
ukastronomy
The Hubble Palette in narrow band imaging
Combining images from narrowband filters is often done using the
Hubble tricolor palette, in which SII, Ha, and...
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October 30th 07 08:59 AM
by JamesB
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17P/Holmes inner coma detail by
Pete Lawrence
Hi all,
Here's my first Registax'd result from last nights session - the first
where there were no damned clouds in the way!
The 'pretty' images will follow...
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Spec of Tesco own-brand binoculars? by
Jonn
Here in the UK Tesco sell some super-cheap own-brand binoculars for
about £10. I know they're fairly crap but that's ok.
I think they have a magnification...
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Blatant plug for new astronomy club in Kent by
Manky Badger
If anyone lives in central Kent, you might be interested in a new astronomy
club that started about six months ago.
Ashford Astronomy Club meets in Stanhope...
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Infrared variables in the field of OO VUL by
ukastronomy
An animation - in IR and V bands - suggests that it might be possible
for suitably equipped amateur astronomers to discover previously
uncatalogued variable...
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Which Telescope? by
DSt
Hi all,
I'm looking for a little advice. I'm currently obsessed with the night
skies, the origin of our Universe, and everything going on in our
Solar System...
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GPS active star charts... by
Marcus Fox
Is there any star chart/planetarium application that runs on a Windows based
PDA, but uses GPS to fix your location and or time and so give you an
accurate...
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Daytime Observing! by
Robert Geake
I've never tried it myself, it all sounds a bit ghostly to me but.......
Has anyone had any experiences/set-up advice they would like to share??
Yes, I...
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October 26th 07 05:33 PM
by oriel36
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Comet 17/P Holmes in outburst (Perseus) by
ukastronomy
I have observed Comet 17/P Holmes at magnitude 4.1 at 2007-10-24
11:32:58.144UT from New Mexico (remote scope).
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
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