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Colours of the M42 Trapezium stars by
Abdul Ahad
I was in a viewing session the other night with a couple of friends,
testing out a small Maksutov. When we turned the telescope onto M42,
the sight was most...
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Moon's mass by
Abdul Ahad
On Feb 3, 8:55 am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
Everywhere is wrote: "The moon's mass is 81.3 times smaller than Earth's".
I have also read...
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Micrometer eyepiece for astrometry by
Abdul Ahad
Does any one know where can I buy one of these for pinpoint accuracy
in astrometric measurements? Ideally it will be a standard 1.25" size,
easy fit on my...
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Sombrero galaxy's dust lanes by
Abdul Ahad
I'm convinced I've seen them with my modest Tal-1 Newtonian at 54x
magnification, but I read in Patrick Moore's 'Atlas of the Universe'
that a 12-inch or...
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April 25th 04 01:08 PM
by Yunus
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How bright is the Milky Way? by
Abdul Ahad
If we integrated light from the entire stretch of the Milky Way band
across the whole night sky (what can only be done with some calculated
"guesswork" unless...
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Panning for Martian gold by
Abdul Ahad
Now that Spirit is starting close up science investigations on Martian
soil, I have a few thoughts on the geology aspects:-
What was lacking for me in the...
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WZ Cassiopeiae by
Abdul Ahad[_2_]
The most colour contrasted out of all the double stars in the sky,
based on B-V colour index:
http://www.astroscience.org/abdul-ahad/WZ_Cas.htm
I hope you...
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FA: ETX-90 OTA plus more by
Abo
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=290279895538
If anyone fancies a travel scope in a couple of flight cases?
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December 4th 08 07:15 AM
by Abo
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Nexstar/ETX-90 Hybrid? by
Abo
Just wondering if it possible to fit a dovetail bar to the base of an
ETX-90 OTA, and then attach it to a Celestron Nexstar goto mount?
I can't see there...
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October 7th 08 11:16 PM
by Abo
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Jupiter by
Abo
Ok, looking like the first clear night we've had here in a while so a
quick check on Starry Night told me that Jupiter's spot should be facing
us this...
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August 17th 08 09:54 PM
by Abo
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Security Light by
Abo
FFS the first proper clear night in ages, and it seems the guy out the
back has decided to install a security light. Which blazed all night. In
fact, it is...
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February 8th 08 12:46 PM
by jdh
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Took the plunge... by
Abo
After a bit of rooting about I've finally taken the plunge and purchased
a second hand TAL-1 110mm Newtonian. Not got it yet, I'm picking it up
on Tuesday...
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January 14th 08 05:10 PM
by Abo
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That Bresser in Lidl by
Abo
Bah
My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the
morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they
were...
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January 7th 08 03:30 PM
by Abo
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My TAL 1 by
Abo
I picked up my TAL 1 yesterday and I have to say the engineering is
pretty 'agricultural', in a good way. It certainly seems built to last!
Of course it was...
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