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Posts: 2218 (13/04/07 10:47) |
This will give the Sky watchers somthing to look at now the nights are getting Warmer
 Where this came from!   The 22nd is the Maximum of the Shower but the Lyrids are already Showing up and Doing it in Style! |
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deltawings |
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Posts: 189 (13/04/07 14:56) |
Inn- it, just........ 
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TT Bird |
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Posts: 1330 (14/04/07 20:54) |
So if we are looking into the sky, which way do we look in this country?? Is it still to the east??
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (14/04/07 21:26) |
Look up and to the East the Bright Star VEGA is easy to spot after say 10pm in London out in the Sticks its a Lot Brighter.
Look east and Hi up best sugestion is a Sun Bed and wrap up warm with a Hot Phermos of tea your eyes are good for meteors but if you have a Video camera with Zero Lux on it that can se far more Meteors than the Human eye can. Same with Digital SLR Cameras just pop the camera on a tripod and open the shutter if you can and shoot a time exposure as long as possible in a dark sky are, You will get Star trails and Shoting stars  
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TT Bird |
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Posts: 1330 (15/04/07 23:17) |
Thank you.
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (16/04/07 11:51) |
Comet Lovejoy is in a nereby part of the Northern Sky.
It is to faint for the Unaided eye but Back garden telescopes such as Sparky has or Starlight can se it nicely Binoculars can also se it as a faint Fuzzy Blob it is moving against the fixed star back ground and is fairly close to the meteor shower Radiant and Jupiter is close by as well 
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (17/04/07 10:53) |
Hi People try and Snap a Digital Photo of this before it goes into the Bright Sunlight.
It is another Comet to faint for the Naked EYE but in Binoculars, Telescopes or a DSLR it will show up nicely!  |
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CDG1 |
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Posts: 1923 (18/04/07 21:09) Local user |
It shows very well from my place about that same time. Saw it last night very clearly, very bright indeed.
Will probably show tonight as well. The sky is very clear and not too polluted down here. There might be fog coming from the sea though. Wish I could scrap those sea side hotels down in Monte Carlo, then I would see a lot better!  Quote: |
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ChristiaanJ |
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Posts: 7192 (19/04/07 00:32) |
Mark,
Missed it this evening. Can you post the map for tomorrow? |
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CDG1 |
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Posts: 1923 (19/04/07 06:22) Local user |
No Vega in view last night, too much fog.
Makes for a beautiful red sun disc coming off the sea early morning.
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (19/04/07 11:56) |
One thing do not get Vega Confused with Saturn.
Which is Hi in the Sky after Sunset a Golden Disc. If you have Binoculars you will se it is a slightly egg shapped object. If you have a telescope with 30 X Magnification you will se the Rings and not an Egg Shapped disc! The same goes for Digital SLR Cameras and Video Cameras also normal Print film cameras can show the rings using a Large Zoom or telephoto lens! The Lyrid Point does not Change it is always the Same from year to year!  For those who need a road map around the Night Sky have a look at this its the Northern Night Sky Chart! www.nightskyinfo.com/maps_images/html/sky_map_north.htm |
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Posts: 2218 (19/04/07 16:07) |
Just after Sunset.
The Moon and Venus woll get together! In Binoculars you will se far more than with the un-aided eye, The Darker the sky gets the more Bright stars will appear! 
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (20/04/07 10:36) |
Tonight have a look at the moon as it will be lit with Earth Shine!
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (14/05/07 10:05) |
Ifyou have a Telescope or a DSLR or Binoculars you can se this Comet Hi in the Night Northen Sky as it is not quite Bright enough for the Mark1 Eyeball to Se it.
Comet Lovejoy.  As Found by a Comet Hunter using a Canon 350d
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (17/05/07 11:30) |
Looking west at Sunset that is if you can se the Sun setting and its not Raining you will se Mercury and the Moon in Using Binoculars you will se so much more!
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (18/05/07 13:40) |
A Galactic Fossil has been found!
A Star that is so old that Astronomers are Rearly excited mcdonaldobservatory.org/news/releases/2007/0510.html |
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (26/05/07 20:46) |
www.nightskyinfo.com/maps_images/html/venus_map.htm
Mercury Venus and their positions in the evening Sky Robbin this will answer your Questions.
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (04/06/07 17:34) |
www.spaceweather.com
A whopping great Sunspot is doing its thing at the Momment! This is the Main NASA/NOAA website for Space weather Happenings As in Solar Flares Radio Bursts and Other things also CMEs Coronal Mass Ejections which can trigger of Geo Magnetic Storms and Zorch out Sat TV and Have Negative effects on HF Long range radio along withPossible Mobile Comunications black out(mobile Phones PMR radios things like that)
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Posts: 3521 (06/06/07 17:31) Local user |
This one's a monster! We're experiencing the effects on comms already.
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Project Oxcart |
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Posts: 2218 (06/06/07 19:09) |
BA is going back to the Dark Ages Two tins and a long Peice of String 3,500 Miles long!
In reality over the Weekend a R2 Black out ocoured Knocking out all kinds of HF trans missions Including HF SSB used by Pilots on Trans Atlantic flights for several hours.
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